
Mathematical Methods for Physicists
A Comprehensive Guide
Academic Press
7th Edition
Published on 18. February 2012
Book
Hardback
1220 pages
978-0-12-384654-9 (ISBN)
Description
Now in its 7th edition, Mathematical Methods for Physicists continues to provide all the mathematical methods that aspiring scientists and engineers are likely to encounter as students and beginning researchers. This bestselling text provides mathematical relations and their proofs essential to the study of physics and related fields. While retaining the key features of the 6th edition, the new edition provides a more careful balance of explanation, theory, and examples. Taking a problem-solving-skills approach to incorporating theorems with applications, the book's improved focus will help students succeed throughout their academic careers and well into their professions. Some notable enhancements include more refined and focused content in important topics, improved organization, updated notations, extensive explanations and intuitive exercise sets, a wider range of problem solutions, improvement in the placement, and a wider range of difficulty of exercises.
Reviews / Votes
"...a thorough handbook about mathematics that is useful in physics."--MAA.org"This volume is a great collection of essential mathematical tools and techniques used to solve problems in physics, very useful to any student of physics or research professional in the field. It is concentrated to problem-solving art and offers a large amount of problems and exercises."--Zentralblatt MATH 1239
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Edition
7th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Academic/professional/technical: Research and professional
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 197 mm
Thickness: 46 mm
Weight
2093 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-384654-9 (9780123846549)
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George B. Arfken | Hans J. Weber | Frank E. Harris
Mathematical Methods for Physicists
A Comprehensive Guide
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12/2011
7th Edition
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€78.99
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George B. Arfken | Hans J. Weber | Frank E. Harris
Mathematical Methods for Physicists
A Comprehensive Guide
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08/2005
6th Edition
Academic Press
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Persons
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.
Author
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
University of Virginia, USA
University of Florida, USA
Content
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
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