| Mathematics of Physics and Engineering Contributor(s): Blum, Edward K. (Author), Lototsky, Sergey V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 981256621X ISBN-13: 9789812566218 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $121.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2006 Annotation: While Mathematics of Physics and Engineering conceivably implies all of mathematics, a course with this title usually includes very specific topics like review of vector calculus, introduction to partial differential equations, Fourier series and integrals, and selected topics from complex analysis. Most universities offer this course in various forms. However, there is no textbook specifically designed for it. This descriptive text aims at filling the gap with a self-contained treatment of the above topics. Instead of the traditional end-of section problems, this book presents relatively easy exercises throughout the text. Complicated and comprehensive problems are compiled in a separate chapter titled "Further Developments." Special emphasis is placed on incorporating historical developments into the presentation. The use of computer algebra systems, such as Matlab or Maple, is encouraged throughout the text to visualize or confirm analytical results and/or to implement certain numerical schemes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Applied - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational - Technology & Engineering | Engineering (general) |
| Dewey: 530.15 |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6.32" W x 9.12" (1.89 lbs) 496 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Aimed at scientists and engineers, this book is an exciting intellectual journey through the mathematical worlds of Euclid, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and Schrodinger-Dirac.While similar books present the required mathematics in a piecemeal manner with tangential references to the relevant physics and engineering, this textbook serves the interdisciplinary needs of engineers, scientists and applied mathematicians by unifying the mathematics and physics into a single systematic body of knowledge but preserving the rigorous logical development of the mathematics.The authors take an unconventional approach by integrating the mathematics with its motivating physical phenomena and, conversely, by showing how the mathematical models predict new physical phenomena. |