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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299746703321

Autore

Nguyen-Schäfer Hung

Titolo

Tensor Analysis and Elementary Differential Geometry for Physicists and Engineers / / by Hung Nguyen-Schäfer, Jan-Philip Schmidt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-662-43444-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Mathematical Engineering, , 2192-4732

Disciplina

515.63

Soggetti

Applied mathematics

Engineering mathematics

Physics

Computer mathematics

Mechanics

Mechanics, Applied

Mathematical and Computational Engineering

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Computational Science and Engineering

Solid Mechanics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

General Basis and Bra-Ket Notation -- Tensor Analysis -- Elementary Differential Geometry -- Applications of Tensors and Differential Geometry -- Further Reading -- Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

Tensors and methods of differential geometry are very useful mathematical tools in many fields of modern physics and computational engineering including relativity physics, electrodynamics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), continuum mechanics, aero and vibroacoustics, and cybernetics. This book comprehensively presents topics, such as bra-ket notation, tensor analysis, and elementary differential geometry of a moving surface. Moreover, authors intentionally abstain from giving mathematically rigorous definitions and derivations that are however dealt with as



precisely as possible. The reader is provided with hands-on calculations and worked-out examples at which he will learn how to handle the bra-ket notation, tensors and differential geometry and to use them in the physical and engineering world. The target audience primarily comprises graduate students in physics and engineering, research scientists, and practicing engineers.