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ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR PHYSICISTS
Essential Mathematical Methods for Physicists
and Engineers
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By
Hans Weber, University of Virginia, U.S.A.
Frank Harris
George Arfken, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A.

Description
This new adaptation of Arfken and Weber's bestselling Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Fifth Edition, is the most comprehensive, modern, and accessible text for using mathematics to solve physics problems. Additional explanations and examples make it student-friendly and more adaptable to a course syllabus.

Audience
Juniors and Seniors in Physics, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences; also practitioners and researchers in these fields.

Contents
Preface 1. Vector Analysis 2. Vector Analysis in Curved Coordinated and Tensors 3. Determinants and Matrices 4. Group Theory 5. Infinite Series 6. Functions of a Complex Variable I 7. Functions of a Complex Variable II 8. Differential Equations 9. Sturm-Liouville Theory - Orthogonal Functions 10. The Gamma Function (Factorial Function) 11. Legendre Polynomials 12. Bessell Functions 13. Hermite and Laguerre Polynomials 14. Fourier Series 15. Integral Transforms 16. Partial Differential Equations 17. Probability 18. Calculus of Variations 19. Non-Linear Methods and Chaos

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 932 pages, publication date: AUG-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-059877-9
ISBN-10: 0-12-059877-9
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS

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