Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Comprehensive Guide

by George B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber, Frank E. Harris

Overview

Now in its 7th edition, Mathematical Methods for Physicists continues to provide all the mathematical methods that aspiring scientists and engineers are likely to encounter as students and beginning researchers. This bestselling text provides mathematical relations and their proofs essential to the study of physics and related fields. While retaining the key features of the 6th edition, the new edition provides a more careful balance of explanation, theory, and examples. Taking a problem-solving-skills approach to incorporating theorems with applications, the book's improved focus will help students succeed throughout their academic careers and well into their professions. Some notable enhancements include more refined and focused content in important topics, improved organization, updated notations, extensive explanations and intuitive exercise sets, a wider range of problem solutions, improvement in the placement, and a wider range of difficulty of exercises.

- Revised and updated version of the leading text in mathematical physics

- Focuses on problem-solving skills and active learning, offering numerous chapter problems

- Clearly identified definitions, theorems, and proofs promote clarity and understanding

New to this edition:

- Improved modular chapters

- New up-to-date examples

- More intuitive explanations

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123846556
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	12/26/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1220
File size:	25 MB
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About the Author

Frank E. Harris was awarded his A. B. (Chemistry) from Harvard University in 1951 and his Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) from University of California in 1954. The author of 244 research publications and multiple books, Dr. Harris has been a Professor of Physics and Chemistry, University of Utah and Resident Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida. He served on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, and has been named a Fellow for both the American Institute of Chemists and the American Physical Society.

Table of Contents

1. Mathematical Preliminaries2. Determinants and Matrices3. Vector Analysis4. Tensors and Differential Forms5. Vector Spaces6. Eigenvalue Problems7. Ordinary Differential Equations8. Partial Differential Equations9. Green's Functions10. Complex Variable Theory11. Further Topics in Analysis12. Gamma Function13. Bessel Functions14. Legendre Functions15. Angular Momentum16. Group Theory17. More Special Functions18. Fourier Series19. Integral Transforms20. Periodic Systems21. Integral Equations22. Mathieu Functions23. Calculus of Variations24. Probability and Statistics

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"...a thorough handbook about mathematics that is useful in physics."—MAA.org

"This volume is a great collection of essential mathematical tools and techniques used to solve problems in physics, very useful to any student of physics or research professional in the field. It is concentrated to problem—solving art and offers a large amount of problems and exercises."—Zentralblatt MATH 1239

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