MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICS by Michael Stone, Paul Goldbart ( 9780521854030 )

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Title:

MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICS
A GUIDED TOUR FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

By:

Michael Stone, Paul Goldbart

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0521854032

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9780521854030

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

9 July, 2009

Pages:

820

Description:

Engagingly-written account of mathematical tools and ideas, providing a graduate-level introduction to the mathematics used in research in physics.

Synopsis:

An engagingly-written account of mathematical tools and ideas, this book provides a graduate-level introduction to the mathematics used in research in physics. The first half of the book focuses on the traditional mathematical methods of physics - differential and integral equations, Fourier series and the calculus of variations. The second half contains an introduction to more advanced subjects, including differential geometry, topology and complex variables. The authors' exposition avoids excess rigor whilst explaining subtle but important points often glossed over in more elementary texts. The topics are illustrated at every stage by carefully chosen examples, exercises and problems drawn from realistic physics settings. These make it useful both as a textbook in advanced courses and for self-study. Password-protected solutions to the exercises are available to instructors at www.cambridge.org/9780521854030.

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100 b/w illus. 313 exercises

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Cambridge University Press

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