Understanding Vector Calculus (Paperback)

Jerrold Franklin

ISBN 10: 0486835901 / ISBN 13: 9780486835907

Published by Dover Publications Inc., New York, 2020

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Paperback. This concise text is a workbook for using vector calculus in practical calculations and derivations. Part One briefly develops vector calculus from the beginning and addresses more detailed applications. Part Two consists of answered problems. Physical examples are often employed but no familiarity with physics is necessary to study the mathematics of vector calculus, only a knowledge of one-dimensional differential and integral calculus. AUTHOR: Jerrold Franklin is Professor Emeritus of Physics at Temple University. His other Dover books are Classical Electromagnetism: Second Edition and Solved Problems in Classical Electromagnetism. This concise text is a workbook for using vector calculus in practical calculations and derivations. Part One briefly develops vector calculus from the beginning; Part Two consists of answered problems. 2019 edition. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Vector Calculus (Paperback)
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486835901
• ISBN 13: 9780486835907
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This concise text was created as a workbook for learning to use vector calculus in practical calculations and derivations.  Its only prerequisite is a familiarity with one-dimensional differential and integral calculus.  Though it often makes use of physical examples, knowledge of physics itself is not required to study the mathematics of vector calculus. The approach is suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in mathematics, physics, and other areas of science.
The two-part treatment opens with a brief text that develops vector calculus from the very beginning and then addresses some more detailed applications. Topics include vector differential operators, vector identities, integral theorems, Dirac delta function, Green's functions, general coordinate systems, and dyadics. The second part consists of answered problems, all closely related to the development of vector calculus in the text. Those who study this book and work out the problems will find that rather than memorizing long equations or consulting references, they will be able to work out calculations as they go.
Dover original publication.

About the Author

Jerrold Franklin is Professor Emeritus of Physics at Temple University. His other Dover books are Classical Electromagnetism: Second Edition and Solved Problems in Classical Electromagnetism.