Guided tour of mathematical methods for the physical sciences / Roel Snieder and Kasper van Wijk.

By:

Snieder, Roel [author]

Contributor(s):

Van Wijk, Kasper [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxi, 560 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:

9781107084964 (alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

515 23 Sn672

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Dimensional analysis -- 3. Power series -- 4. Spherical and cylindrical coordinates -- 5. Gradient -- 6. Divergence of a vector field -- 7. Curl of a vector field -- 8. Theorem of Gauss -- 9. Theorem of Stokes -- 10. The Laplacian -- 11. Scale analysis -- 12. Linear algebra -- 13. Dirac delta function -- 14. Fourier analysis -- 15. Analytic functions -- 16. Complex integration -- 17. Green's functions: principles -- 18. Green's functions: examples -- 19. Normal modes -- 20. Potential field theory -- 21. Probability and statistics -- 22. Inverse problems -- 23. Perturbation theory -- 24. Asymptotic evaluation of integrals -- 25. Conservation laws -- 26. Cartesian tensors -- 27. Variational calculus -- 28. Epilogue, on power and knowledge.

Summary: This completely revised edition provides a comprehensive tour of the mathematical knowledge and techniques needed by students across the physical sciences.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	ISI Library, Kolkata	515 Sn672 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		137505

Total holds: 0

Browsing ISI Library, Kolkata shelves Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available			No cover image available	No cover image available	Next
Previous	515 SMSG.E R Mathematics for high school	515 SMSG.E R Mathematics for high school	515 Sn671 Elementary analysis	515 Sn672 Guided tour of mathematical methods for the physical sciences /	515 So682 Basic real analysis /	515 Sp735 Atlas of functions	515 Sp755 Theory and problems of advanced mathematics for engineers and scientists	Next

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction --
2. Dimensional analysis --
3. Power series --
4. Spherical and cylindrical coordinates --
5. Gradient --
6. Divergence of a vector field --
7. Curl of a vector field --
8. Theorem of Gauss --
9. Theorem of Stokes --
10. The Laplacian --
11. Scale analysis --
12. Linear algebra --
13. Dirac delta function --
14. Fourier analysis --
15. Analytic functions --
16. Complex integration --
17. Green's functions: principles --
18. Green's functions: examples --
19. Normal modes --
20. Potential field theory --
21. Probability and statistics --
22. Inverse problems --
23. Perturbation theory --
24. Asymptotic evaluation of integrals --
25. Conservation laws --
26. Cartesian tensors --
27. Variational calculus --
28. Epilogue, on power and knowledge.

This completely revised edition provides a comprehensive tour of the mathematical knowledge and techniques needed by students across the physical sciences.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Place hold
Print
Add to your cart (remove)
Save record
BIBTEX Dublin Core MARCXML MARC (non-Unicode/MARC-8) MARC (Unicode/UTF-8) MARC (Unicode/UTF-8, Standard) MODS (XML) RIS
More searches

Search for this title in:
Other Libraries (WorldCat) Other Databases (Google Scholar) Online Stores (Bookfinder.com)