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A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica
2nd Edition - December 15, 2008
Author: Patrick T. Tam
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:9780126831924
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eBook ISBN:9780080926247
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For the engineering and scientific professional, A Physicist’s Guide to Mathematica, Second Edition provides an updated reference guide based on the 2007 new 6.0 release, provid…Read more
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For the engineering and scientific professional, A Physicist’s Guide to Mathematica, Second Edition provides an updated reference guide based on the 2007 new 6.0 release, providing an organized and integrated desk reference with step-by-step instructions for the most commonly used features of the software as it applies to research in physics.
For professors teaching physics and other science courses using the Mathematica software, A Physicist’s Guide to Mathematica, Second Edition is the only fully compatible (new software release) Mathematica text that engages students by providing complete topic coverage, new applications, exercises and examples that enable the user to solve a wide range of physics problems.
Does not require prior knowledge of Mathematica or computer programming
Can be used as either a primary or supplemental text for upper-division physics majors
Provides over 450 end-of-section exercises and end-of-chapter problems
Serves as a reference suitable for chemists, physical scientists, and engineers
Compatible with Mathematica Version 6, a recent major release
Physicists, engineers and researchers and faculty who utilize Mathematica in work and teaching
Dedication
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Purpose
Uses
Organization
Suggestions
Prerequisites
Computer Systems
Acknowledgments
Part I: Mathematica with Physics
Chapter 1. The First Encounter
1.1 THE FIRST TEN MINUTES
1.2 A TOUCH OF PHYSICS
1.3 ONLINE HELP
1.4 WARNING MESSAGES
1.5 PACKAGES
1.6 NOTEBOOK INTERFACES
1.7 PROBLEMS
Chapter 2. Interactive Use of Mathematica
2.1 NUMERICAL CAPABILITIES
2.2 SYMBOLIC CAPABILITIES
2.3 GRAPHICAL CAPABILITIES
2.4 LISTS
2.5 SPECIAL CHARACTERS, TWO-DIMENSIONAL FORMS, AND FORMAT TYPES
2.6 PROBLEMS
Chapter 3. Programming in Mathematica
3.1 EXPRESSIONS
3.2 PATTERNS
3.3 FUNCTIONS
3.4 PROCEDURES
3.5 GRAPHICS
3.6 PROGRAMMING STYLES
3.7 PACKAGES
Part II: Physics with Mathematica
Chapter 4. Mechanics
4.1 FALLING BODIES
4.2 PROJECTILE MOTION
4.3 THE PENDULUM
4.4 THE SPHERICAL PENDULUM
4.5 PROBLEMS
Chapter 5. Electricity and Magnetism
5.1 ELECTRIC FIELD LINES AND EQUIPOTENTIALS
5.2 LAPLACE’S EQUATION
5.3 CHARGED PARTICLE IN CROSSED ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS