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Record Nr.

UNINA9910845491303321

Autore

Kantorovich Lev <1911-1941, >

Titolo

Mathematics for Natural Scientists II : Advanced Methods / / by Lev Kantorovich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

3-031-46320-X

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (944 pages)

Collana

Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics, , 2192-4805

Disciplina

737

Soggetti

Mathematical physics

Engineering mathematics

Engineering - Data processing

Chemometrics

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications

Mathematical Applications in Chemistry

Mathematical Physics

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Elements of linear algebra -- Complex numbers and functions -- Fourier series -- Special Functions -- Fourier Transform -- Laplace Transform -- Curvilinear coordinates -- Partial differential equations of mathematical physics -- Calculus of variations.

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook, the second in a series (the first covered fundamentals and basics), seeks to make its material accessible to physics students. Physics/engineering can be greatly enhanced by knowledge of advanced mathematical techniques, but the math-specific jargon and laborious proofs can be off-putting to students not well versed in abstract math. This book uses examples and proofs designed to be clear and convincing from the context of physics, as well as providing a large number of both solved and unsolved problems in each chapter. This is the second edition, and it has been significantly revised and enlarged, with Chapters 1 (on linear algebra) and 2 (on the calculus of



complex numbers and functions) having been particularly expanded. The enhanced topics throughout the book include: vector spaces, general (non-Hermitian, including normal and defective) matrices and their right/left eigenvectors/values, Jordan form, pseudoinverse, linear systems of differential equations, Gaussian elimination, fundamental theorem of algebra, convergence of a Fourie series and Gibbs-Wilbraham phenomenon, careful derivation of the Fourier integral and of the inverse Laplace transform. New material has been added on many physics topics meant to illustrate the maths, such as 3D rotation, properties of the free electron gas, van Hove singularities, and methods for both solving PDEs with a Fourier transform and calculating the width of a domain wall in a ferromagnet, to mention just a few. This textbook should prove invaluable to all of those with an interest in physics/engineering who have previously experienced difficulty processing the math involved. .