Essential Mathematical Methods for Physicists: and Engineers

✍ Scribed by Hans J. Weber, Frank Harris, George B. Arfken

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 959
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is perfect for my needs. It is just what I needed to review my mathematical skills for my Master in Physics.

✦ Table of Contents

Inside front cover
......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 22
1 Vector Analysis......Page 26
2 Vector Analysis in Curved Coordinates and Tensors......Page 121
3 Determinants and Matrices......Page 184
4 Group Theory......Page 254
5 Infinite Series......Page 282
6 Functions of a Complex Variable I: Analytic Properties Mapping......Page 343
7 Functions of a Complex Variable II: Calculus of Residues......Page 397
8 Differential Equations
......Page 435
9 Sturm-Liouville Theory-Orthogonal Functions
......Page 507
10 The Gamma Function (Factorial Function)
......Page 548
11 Legendre Polynomials and Spherical Harmonics
......Page 577
12 Bessel Functions
......Page 614
13 Hermitie and Laguerre Polynomials
......Page 663
14 Fourier Series
......Page 688
15 Integral Transforms
......Page 714
16 Partial Differential Equations
......Page 781
17 Probability
......Page 807
18 Calculus of Variations
......Page 851
19 Nonlinear Methods and Chaos
......Page 892
Appendix 1 Real Zeros of a Function
......Page 930
Index
......Page 936
Inside back cover
......Page 958