A Course in Modern Mathematical Physics
Subtitle: Groups, Hilbert Space and Differential Geometry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9780521536455
Subjects: Science; Science / Mathematical Physics; Science/Mathematics; Mathematical Physics
First sentence: The object of mathematical physics is to describe the physical world in purely mathematical terms.
Description: "This book is suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in mathematical and theoretical physics. It includes numerous exercises and worked examples to test the reader's understanding of the various concepts, as well as extending the themes covered in the main text. The only prerequisites are elementary calculus and linear algebra. No prior knowledge of group theory, abstract vector spaces or topology is required."--Jacket.