Klappentext 7th edition. Revised and updated edition of this leading text in mathematical physics. Zusammenfassung Provides the mathematical methods that aspiring scientists and engineers are likely to encounter as students and beginning researchers. This book also provides mathematical relations and their proofs essential to the study of physics and related fields. It focuses on problem-solving skills and active learning! offering numerous chapter problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Mathematical Preliminaries 2. Determinants and Matrices 3. Vector Analysis 4. Tensors and Differential Forms 5. Vector Spaces 6. Eigenvalue Problems 7. Ordinary Differential Equations 8. Partial Differential Equations 9. Green's Functions 10. Complex Variable Theory 11. Further Topics in Analysis 12. Gamma Function 13. Bessel Functions 14. Legendre Functions 15. Angular Momentum 16. Group Theory 17. More Special Functions 18. Fourier Series 19. Integral Transforms 20. Periodic Systems 21. Integral Equations 22. Mathieu Functions 23. Calculus of Variations 24. Probability and Statistics

Autorentext
Frank E. Harris was awarded his A. B. (Chemistry) from Harvard University in 1951 and his Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) from University of California in 1954. The author of 244 research publications and multiple books, Dr. Harris has been a Professor of Physics and Chemistry, University of Utah and Resident Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida. He served on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, and has been named a Fellow for both the American Institute of Chemists and the American Physical Society.

Klappentext

7th edition. Revised and updated edition of this leading text in mathematical physics.

Zusammenfassung
Provides the mathematical methods that aspiring scientists and engineers are likely to encounter as students and beginning researchers. This book also provides mathematical relations and their proofs essential to the study of physics and related fields. It focuses on problem-solving skills and active learning, offering numerous chapter problems.

Inhalt

1. Mathematical Preliminaries
   
   2. Determinants and Matrices
   3. Vector Analysis
   4. Tensors and Differential Forms
   5. Vector Spaces
   6. Eigenvalue Problems
   7. Ordinary Differential Equations
   8. Partial Differential Equations
   9. Green's Functions
   10. Complex Variable Theory
   11. Further Topics in Analysis
   12. Gamma Function
   13. Bessel Functions
   14. Legendre Functions
   15. Angular Momentum
   16. Group Theory
   17. More Special Functions
   18. Fourier Series
   19. Integral Transforms
   20. Periodic Systems
   21. Integral Equations
   22. Mathieu Functions
   23. Calculus of Variations
   24. Probability and Statistics