Introduction to Mathematica® for physicists
By: Andrey Grozin
Series: Graduate texts in physics; Graduate texts in physics
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cham; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9783319008936; 9783319008943
Subjects: Mathematical physics; Computer programs; Mathematica (Computer file)
Other titles: Introduction to Mathematica[registered trademark symbol] for physicists
Description: Mathematica is the most widely used system for doing mathematical calculations by computer, including symbolic and numeric calculations and graphics. It is used in physics and other branches of science, in mathematics, education and many other areas. Many important results in physics would never be obtained without a wide use of computer algebra. This book describes ideas of computer algebra and the language of the Mathematica system. It also contains a number of examples, mainly from physics, also from mathematics and chemistry. After reading this book and solving problems in it, the reader will be able to use Mathematica efficiently for solving his/her own problems --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I Lectures; title: Computer algebra systems; title: Overview of Mathematica; title: Expressions.-Patterns and substitutions; title: Functions; title: Mathematica as a programming language; title: Grb ner bases; title: Calculus; title: Risch algorithm; title: Linear algebra; title: Input; title: output and strings; title: Packages; title: Part II Computer classes; title: Plots; title: Trigonometric functions; title: Quantum oscillator; title: Spherical harmonics; title: Adding angular momenta in quantum mechanics; title: Classical nonlinear oscillator; title: Cyclohexane; title: Multi- functions; title: Quantum nonlinear oscillator; title: Riemann curvature tensor; title: Rainbow; title: Problems for students.