PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICAL TOOLS: METHODS AND EXAMPLES - Hardcover

Alastuey, Angel; Magro, Marc; Pujol, Pierre; Clusel, Maxime

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9814713236 ISBN 13: 9789814713238

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2016

Synopsis

This book presents mathematical methods and tools which are useful for physicists and engineers: response functions, Kramers-Kronig relations, Green's functions, saddle point approximation. The derivations emphasize the underlying physical arguments and interpretations without any loss of rigor. General introductions describe the main features of the methods, while connections and analogies between a priori different problems are discussed. They are completed by detailed applications in many topics including electromagnetism, hydrodynamics, statistical physics, quantum mechanics, etc. Exercises are also proposed, and their solutions are sketched. A self-contained reading of the book is favored by avoiding too technical derivations, and by providing a short presentation of important tools in the appendices. It is addressed to undergraduate and graduate students in physics, but it can also be used by teachers, researchers and engineers.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9814713236
• ISBN 13: 9789814713238
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 356