All You Wanted to Know about Mathematics but Were Afraid to Ask: Volume 2: Mathematics for Science Students: 0002
Cambridge University Press, 4/30/1998
EAN 9780521434669, ISBN10: 0521434661
Hardcover, 400 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
This book, first published in 1998, is the second in a two volume work and introduces integral and differential calculus, waves, matrices, and eigenvectors for undergraduates in physics and engineering. Together, the two volumes cover all the mathematics needed for an introductory course in the physical sciences. The approach taken is to learn through understanding real examples, showing mathematics as a tool for understanding physical systems and their behaviour. The aim is to make the student feel at home with real problems by creating a toolkit through a wide range of examples. The traditional approach of teaching theory for its own sake is not used in this course. Dr. Lyons brings a wealth of teaching experience to this refreshing textbook on the fundamentals of mathematics for physics and engineering.
Chapter titles for volume 1
Preface
9. Integrals
10. Vector operators
11. Partial differential equations
12. Fourier series
13. Normal modes
14. Waves
15. Matrices
16. Eigenvectors and eigenvalues
Appendix
Index.