Mathematical methods for physical and analytical chemistry
By: David Z. Goodson
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780470473542
Subjects: SCIENCE / Chemistry / General; Mathematical physics; Chemometrics
Description: "Mathematical Methods for Physical and Analytical Chemistry presents mathematical and statistical methods to students of chemistry at the intermediate, post-calculus level. The content includes a review of general calculus; a review of numerical techniques often omitted from calculus courses, such as cubic splines and Newton's method; a detailed treatment of statistical methods for experimental data analysis; complex numbers; extrapolation; linear algebra; and differential equations"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface.List of Examples.Greek Alphabet.Part I. Calculus.1. Functions: General Properties.2. Functions: Examples.3. Coordinate Systems.4. Integration.5. Numerical Methods.6. Complex Numbers.7. Extrapolation.Part II. Statistics.8. Estimation.9. Analysis of Significance.10. Fitting.11. Quality of Fit.12. Experiment Design.Part III. Differential Equations.13. Examples of Differential Equations.14. Solving Differential Equations, I.15. Solving Differential Equations, II.Part IV. Linear Algebra.16. Vector Spaces.17. Spaces of Functions.18. Matrices.19. Eigenvalue Equations.20. Schrödinger's Equation.21. Fourier Analysis.A. Computer Programs.B. Answers to Selected Exercises.C. Bibliography.Index. .