Introduction to mathematical physics

Author(s)

    • Vaughn, Michael T.

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Introduction to mathematical physics

Michael T. Vaughn

(Physics textbook)

Wiley-VCH, c2007

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A comprehensive survey of all the mathematical methods that should be available to graduate students in physics. In addition to the usual topics of analysis, such as infinite series, functions of a complex variable and some differential equations as well as linear vector spaces, this book includes a more extensive discussion of group theory than can be found in other current textbooks. The main feature of this textbook is its extensive treatment of geometrical methods as applied to physics. With its introduction of differentiable manifolds and a discussion of vectors and forms on such manifolds as part of a first-year graduate course in mathematical methods, the text allows students to grasp at an early stage the contemporary literature on dynamical systems, solitons and related topological solutions to field equations, gauge theories, gravitational theory, and even string theory. Free solutions manual available for lecturers at www.wiley-vch.de/supplements/.

Table of Contents

1. Infinite Sequences and Series 2. Finite-Dimensional Vector Spaces 3. Geometry in Physics 4. Functions of a Complex Variable 5. Differential Equations 6. Hilbert Spaces 7. Linear Operators on Hilbert Space 8. Partial Differential Equations 9. Discrete Groups 10. Lie Groups and Lie Algebras

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Details

  • NCID
    BA8216660X
  • ISBN
    • 9783527406272
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Weinheim
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 527 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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