Mathematical methods for physicists.

Main Author: Arfken, George B. 1922-
Other Authors: Weber, Hans-Jurgen.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Elsevier, 2005.
Edition:6th ed. /
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505 0 0 |a Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Vector Analysis -- Definitions, Elementary Approach -- Rotation of the Coordinate Axes3 -- Scalar or Dot Product -- Vector or Cross Product -- Triple Scalar Product, Triple Vector Product -- Gradient, -- Divergence, -- Curl, x -- Successive Applications of -- Vector Integration -- Gauss' Theorem -- Stokes' Theorem -- Potential Theory -- Gauss' Law, Poisson's Equation -- Dirac Delta Function -- Helmholtz's Theorem -- Additional Readings -- Vector Analysis in Curved Coordinates and Tensors -- Orthogonal Coordinates in R3 -- Differential Vector Operators -- Special Coordinate Systems: Introduction -- Circular Cylinder Coordinates -- Spherical Polar Coordinates -- Tensor Analysis -- Contraction, Direct Product -- Quotient Rule -- Pseudotensors, Dual Tensors -- General Tensors -- Tensor Derivative Operators -- Additional Readings -- Determinants and Matrices -- Determinants -- Matrices -- Orthogonal Matrices -- Hermitian Matrices, Unitary Matrices -- Diagonalization of Matrices -- Normal Matrices -- Additional Readings -- Group Theory -- Introduction to Group Theory -- Generators of Continuous Groups -- Orbital Angular Momentum -- Angular Momentum Coupling -- Homogeneous Lorentz Group -- Lorentz Covariance of Maxwell's Equations -- Discrete Groups -- Differential Forms -- Additional Readings -- Infinite Series -- Fundamental Concepts -- Convergence Tests -- Alternating Series -- Algebra of Series -- Series of Functions -- Taylor's Eexpansion -- Power Series -- Elliptic Integrals -- Bernoulli Numbers, Euler-Maclaurin Formula -- Asymptotic Series -- Infinite Products -- Additional Readings -- Functions of a Complex Variable I: Analytic Properties, Mapping -- Complex Algebra -- Cauchy-Riemann Conditions -- Cauchy's Integral Theorem -- Cauchy's Integral Formula -- Laurent Expansion -- Singularities -- Mapping -- Conformal Mapping -- Additional Readings -- Functions of a Complex Variable II -- Calculus of Residues -- Dispersion Relations -- Method of Steepest Descents -- Additional Readings -- The Gamma Function (Factorial Function) -- Definitions, Simple Properties -- Digamma and Polygamma Functions -- Stirling's Series -- The Beta Function -- The Incomplete Gamma Functions and Related Functions -- Additional Readings -- Differential Equations -- Partial Differential Equations -- First-Order Differential Equations -- Separation of Variables -- Singular Points -- Series Solutions-Frobenius' Method -- A Second Solution -- Nonhomogeneous Equation-Green's Function -- Heat Flow, or Diffusion, PDE -- Additional Readings -- Sturm-Liouville Theory-Orthogonal Functions -- Self-aAjoint ODEs -- Hermitian Operators -- Gram-Sschmidt Orthogonalization -- Completeness of Eigenfunctions -- Green's Function-Eigenfunction Expansion -- Additional Readings -- Bessel Functions -- Bessel Functions of the First Kind, Jnu(x) -- Orthogonality -- Neumann Functions, Bessel Functions of th. 
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