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Mathematical Methods for Physicists

Through four editions, Arfken and Weber's best-selling Mathematical Methods for Physicists has provided upper-level undergraduate and graduate students with the paramount covera… Read more

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Through four editions, Arfken and Weber's best-selling Mathematical Methods for Physicists has provided upper-level undergraduate and graduate students with the paramount coverage of the mathematics necessary for advanced study in physics and engineering. It provides the essential mathematical methods that aspiring physicists are likely to encounter as students or beginning researchers. Appropriate for a physics service course, as well as for more advanced coursework, this is the book of choice in the field.

Key features

* Provides the essential mathematical methods that aspiring physicists are likely to encounter as students or beginning researchers
* * Serves as both text and useful reference for students of physics and applied mathematics
* * Throughout the text the physical relevance of the mathematics is constantly reinforced

Readership

Academic professionals and aspiring physicists and researchers

Table of contents

Vector Analysis.
Curved Coordinates, Tensors.
Determinants and Matrices.
Group Theory.
Infinite Series.
Functions of a Complex Variable I.
Functions of a Complex Variable II.
Differential Equations.
Sturm-Liouville Theory.
Gamma-Factrial Function.
Bessel Functions.
Legendre Functions.
Special Functions.
Fourier Series.
Integral Transforms.
Integral Equations.
Calculus of Variations.
Nonlinear Methods and Chaos.

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About the authors

GA

George B. Arfken

Affiliations and expertise
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA

HW

Hans J. Weber

Affiliations and expertise
University of Virginia, USA