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Record Nr.

UNINA9910739450203321

Autore

Scott Robert B

Titolo

Problems and Solutions on Vector Spaces for Physicists : From Part I in Mathematical Physics—A Modern Introduction to Its Foundations / / by Robert B. Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9783031312182

303131218X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 178 p. 2 illus.)

Disciplina

530.15

530.151252

Soggetti

Mathematical physics

Mathematics

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Applications of Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Mathematical Preliminaries -- Vectors and Linear Maps -- Algebras -- Operator Algebra -- Matrices -- Spectral Decomposition.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers supporting material for the comprehensive textbook Mathematical Physics—A Modern Introduction to Its Foundations authored by Sadri Hassani. The book covers mathematical preliminaries and all of Part I in Hassani’s textbook. The subjects covered here include the key topics necessary for physicists to form a solid mathematical foundation: vectors and linear maps, algebras, operators, matrices, and spectral decomposition. In particular, the vector space concept is a central unifying theme in later chapters of Hassani’s textbook. Detailed solutions are provided to one third of the end-of-chapter exercises in the first six chapters of his text. The present volume helps upper-undergraduate and early postgraduate physics students deepen their understanding of the mathematics that they encounter in physics, learn physics more efficiently, and use



mathematics with more confidence and creativity. The content is thus presented rigorously but remains accessible tophysics students. New exercises are also proposed, some with solutions, some without, so that the total number of unsolved exercises remains unchanged. They are chosen to help explain difficult concepts, amplify key points in Hassani's textbook, or make further connections with applications in physics. Taken together with Hassani's work, the two form a self-contained set and the solutions make detailed reference to Hassani's text. The solutions also refer to other mathematics and physics textbooks, providing entry points to further literature that finds a useful place in the physicist's personal library.