Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide

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Author: K.F. Riley

ISBN-10: 0521679710

ISBN-13: 9780521679718

Category: Engineering mathematics

The third edition of this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook is suitable for teaching all the mathematics for an undergraduate course in any of the physical sciences. As well as lucid descriptions of all the topics and many worked examples, it contains over 800 exercises. New stand-alone chapters give a systematic account of the 'special functions' of physical science, cover an extended range of practical applications of complex variables, and give an introduction to quantum operators....

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Highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook teaches all the mathematics for undergraduate courses in the physical sciences. Booknews A textbook for undergraduate students of science or engineering with a background in science and mathematics at the junior level in the US and A-level in Britain. It begins by showing how familiar mathematical methods can be applied to science problems, then moves into problems that require learning new methods. The second edition takes account of comments on the 1998 first. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

1Preliminary algebra12Preliminary calculus413Complex numbers and hyperbolic functions834Series and limits1155Partial differentiation1516Multiple integrals1877Vector algebra2128Matrices and vector spaces2419Normal modes31610Vector calculus33411Line, surface and volume integrals37712Fourier series41513Integral transforms43314First-order ordinary differential equations46815Higher-order ordinary differential equations49016Series solutions of ordinary differential equations53117Eigenfunction methods for differential equations55418Special functions57719Quantum operators64820Partial differential equations : general and particular solutions67521Partial differential equations : separation of variables and other methods71322Calculus of variations77523Integral equations80324Complex variables82425Applications of complex variables87126Tensors92727Numerical methods98428Group theory104129Representation theory107630Probability111931Statistics1221

\ From The CriticsA textbook for undergraduate students of science or engineering with a background in science and mathematics at the junior level in the US and A-level in Britain. It begins by showing how familiar mathematical methods can be applied to science problems, then moves into problems that require learning new methods. The second edition takes account of comments on the 1998 first. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR\ \