Mathematical Methods for Physicists and Engineers : Second Corrected Edition

Royal Eugene Collins

ISBN 10: 0486402290 / ISBN 13: 9780486402291

Published by Courier Corporation Nov 2011, 2011

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Neuware - Practical text focuses on fundamental applied math needed to deal with physics and engineering problems: elementary vector calculus, special functions of mathematical physics, calculus of variations, much more. 1968 edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mathematical Methods for Physicists and Engineers : Second Corrected Edition
• Publisher: Courier Corporation Nov 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486402290
• ISBN 13: 9780486402291
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 233W x 165H x 22D millimeters 233 millimeters width by 165 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 525 grams

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Synopsis

This practical, highly readable text provides physics and engineering students with the essential mathematical tools for thorough comprehension of their disciplines. Featuring all the necessary topics in applied mathematics in the form of programmed instruction, the text can be understood by advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students without any assistance from the instructor.
Topics include elementary vector calculus, matrix algebra, and linear vector operations; the many and varied methods of solving linear boundary value problems, including the more common special functions of mathematical physics; the calculus of variations, and variational and perturbation approximations applicable to boundary value problems and nonlinear differential equations; curve fitting and numerical approximation methods; the basic elements of probability and their application to physical problems; and integral equations.
Rather than aiming at a complete mastery of these complicated subjects, the text focuses on the fundamental applied mathematics the student needs to deal with physics and engineering problems. Instructors in those subjects will particularly appreciate this volume's function as a self-contained study resource, allowing them to devote fewer classroom hours to formal lectures in mathematics.