Applied Exterior Calculus
Published on 14. December 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-486-43871-9 (ISBN)
Description
Everything from basics of exterior calculus to applied exterior calculus, including classical and irreversible thermodynamics, electrodynamics, and modern theory of gauge fields. "Essential." - SciTech Book News. 1985 edition.
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Series
Edition
Revised ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-486-43871-9 (9780486438719)
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Person
Dominic G. B. Edelen (1933-2010) was Professor of Applied Mathematics at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.
Content
Part One. Vectors and Forms
1. Mathematical Preliminaries
2. Vector Fields
3. Exterior Forms
4. Exterior Derivatives, Lie Derivatives, and Integration
5. Antiexact Differential Forms and Homotopy Operators
Part Two. Applications to Mathematics
6. Isovector Methods for Second-Order Partial Differential Equations
7. Calculus of Variations
Part Three. Applications to Physics
8. Modern Thermodynamics
9. Electrodynamics with Electric and Magnetic Charges
10. Gauge Theories
Appendix
Index