Mathematical Methods in Chemistry and Physics

by M.E. Starzak

Overview

Imposingly thick text derived from a one-semester course intended to acquaint advanced undergraduate (and beginning graduate) students with the concepts and methods of linear mathematics. Though physics is referred to in the title, the book is in almost every organizational and notational respect

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781489920843
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	06/18/2013
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Pages:	652
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.05(d)

Table of Contents

Vectors.- Function Spaces.- Matrices.- Similarity Transforms and Projections.- Vibrations and Normal Modes.- Kinetics.- Statistical Mechanics.- Quantum Mechanics.- Driven Systems and Fluctuations.- Other Techniques: Perturbation Theory and Direct Products.- to Group Theory.

Editorial Reviews

Imposingly thick text derived from a one-semester course intended to acquaint advanced undergraduate (and beginning graduate) students with the concepts and methods of linear mathematics. Though "physics" is referred to in the title, the book is in almost every organizational and notational respect clearly the work of a chemist, and intended to serve primarily the needs of young chemists. Computer-based numerical methods are not treated, the emphasis being upon points of mathematical principle rather than upon computational technique. Eleven chapters, with exercises, essential figures, no historical or bibliographic notes. (NW) Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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