Title: Mathematical methods for physicists :
Authors: Arfken, George B.; Weber, Hans-Jurgen; Harris, Frank
Date: 2013
Publisher: Academic Press/Elsevier,
Physical description: xiii, 1205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: Q
Abstract: Providing coverage of the mathematics necessary for advanced study in physics and engineering, this text focuses on problem-solving skills and offers a vast array of exercises, as well as clearly illustrating and proving mathematical relations.
Contents: Mathematical Preliminaries -- Determinants and Matrices -- Vector Analysis -- Tensors and Differential Forms -- Vector Spaces -- Eigenvalue Problems -- Ordinary Differential Equations -- Sturm-Liouville Theory -- Partial Differential Equations -- Green's Functions -- Complex Variable Theory -- Further Topics in Analysis -- Gamma Function -- Bessel Functions -- Legendre Functions -- Angular Momentum -- Group Theory -- More Special Functions -- Fourier Series -- Integral Transforms -- Integral Equations -- Calculus of Variations -- Probability and Statistics. Mathematical preliminaries -- Determinants and matrices -- Vector analysis -- Tensors and differential forms -- Vector spaces -- Eigenvalue problems -- Ordinary differential equations -- Sturm-Liouville theory -- Partial differential equations -- Green's functions -- Complex variable theory -- Further topics in analysis -- Gamma function -- Bessel functions -- Legendre functions -- Angular momentum -- Group theory -- More special functions -- Fourier series -- Integral transforms -- Integral equations -- Calculus of variations -- Probability and statistics.
Notes: Previous ed.: Amsterdam; London: Elsevier Academic, 2005.
Subject headings (LCSH): Mathematical analysis; Mathematical physics