Botet, European Journal of Physics ' I recommend this book not only to students in physics and engineering sciences, but also to students in other fields of natural sciences. Steward, Optik ' It rigorously adopts a three-stage approach throughout the book: first a heuristic, intuitive introduction, then a formal treatment, and finally one or two examples. This consistent presentation, the layout, and the print quality make the book most attractive It contains a thousand pages, there are plenty of exercises with each chapter.
Thijssen, European Journal of Physics This is a valuable book with great potential use in present-day university physics courses. Furthermore, the book will be useful for graduate too, and researchers will find it useful for looking up material which they have forgotten since their undergraduate days. Thijssen, European Journal of Physics 'This textbook is a well-written, modern, comprehensive, and complete collection of topics in mathematical methods ranging from a review of differential and integral calculus to group and representation theory, probability, the calculus of variations, and tensors.
It contains 31 stand-alone chapters of mathematical methods which enable the students to understand the principles of the basic mathematical techniques and the authors have produced a clear, thorough and straightforward explanation of each subject. I believe the authors have achieved it As well as lucid descriptions of all the topics covered and many worked examples, it contains more than exercises.
About the Author K. Riley read mathematics at the University of Cambridge and proceeded to a Ph. He became a Research Associate in elementary particle physics at Brookhaven, and then, having taken up a lectureship at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, continued this research at the Rutherford Laboratory and Stanford; in particular he was involved in the experimental discovery of a number of the early baryonic resonances. As well as having been Senior Tutor at Clare College, where he has taught physics and mathematics for over 40 years, he has served on many committees concerned with the teaching and examining of these subjects at all levels of tertiary and undergraduate education.
He is also one of the authors of Puzzling Physics Problems. Hobson read natural sciences at the University of Cambridge, specialising in theoretical physics, and remained at the Cavendish Laboratory to complete a Ph.
As a Research Fellow at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and subsequently an Advanced Fellow of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, he developed an interest in cosmology, and in particular in the study of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background. He was involved in the first detection of these fluctuations using a ground-based interferometer. Currently a University Reader at the Cavendish Laboratory, his research interests include both theoretical and observational aspects of cosmology, and he is the principal author of General Relativity: An Introduction for Physicists.
He is also a Director of Studies in Natural Sciences at Trinity Hall and enjoys an active role in the teaching of undergraduate physics and mathematics. Stephen Bence obtained both his undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences and his Ph.
He then became a Research Associate with a special interest in star-formation processes and the structure of star-forming regions. In particular his research has concentrated on the physics of jets and outflows from young stars. He has had considerable experience of teaching mathematics and physics to undergraduate and pre-university students.
Picker I've been teaching an upper-level course in math methods of physics on and off for thirty-five years or so. This is as good a text as I've found. In fact, I've been using this book since it began life as a much smaller volume by Riley alone.
It has always provided a down-to-earth exposition of applicable mathematics. Now it provides more than ever, include two nice chapters on group theory, with more problems than the previous editions. Despite its broad coverage, it is not an encyclopedia. Individual sections are thorough, well illustrated by examples, and comprehensible.
Yes, I might have organized some of the material somewhat differently. But that is largely a matter of taste. The reviewer who alleges that one must have mastered a lot of math to benefit from this book clearly has not read the first chapter. The book by Boas with which he compares it is a less comprehensive, b at a lower level overall, c and a lot more expensive. Just one comment, this is a great book. By Morning Bird This is one of the best mathematical methods book, very readable.
It has very clear explainations, in each topic it's developing from basic intuitions until it reaches the genralized equations, several detailed examples help a reader checks his understanding and follows the authors. The contents are very well-organized and self-contained, one can looks directly at the topic he wants to know.
It's lucid and normally answer and teach a reader what he wants to do. All definitions make sense and a reader can accepts easily it's a smart thing to do math that way.
It also serves as a one-stop, if you feel confused when you're reading because your background knowledge is not strong enough, just search for the previous related topics, all brilliant explainations are waiting for you to grasp them, make you ready for what you need.
Any undergrads and beginning grad students in Physics will find this book is great. This is an excellent example how to write an approachable math methods book.
Eventhough it has a thick over than 1, pages, but it never turns a reader away becuase of its thickness at all. Once one starts reading it, he'll enjoy and come back looking for another explaination. One more great point is, this book contains a lot of real physical examples besides the math formulations, make a reader understands the topic deeply and sees a practical use. Besides the book, I totally don't agree with a previous comment from a chemical physicist who gave this book just one star.
Excellent for first year graduate students wanting to pursue career in any branch of theoretical physics. The main advantages which distinguishes this classic from others is clear and conscise pedagogical style and excellent selection of topics which are being discussed fully and without sacrifising mathematical rigour. However for advanced students this text may sometimes bore with overdetailed explanations and minor details.
As well as lucid descriptions of all the topics and many worked examples, it contains over exercises. Riley K. Rd ed. This set consists of the third edition of this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook and its solutions manual containing complete worked solutions to half of the problems. Suitable for teaching all the mathematics for an undergraduate course in any of the physical sciences, the text provides lucid descriptions of all the topics, many worked examples, and over exercises.
New stand-alone chapters give a systematic account of the 'special functions' of physical science, cover an extended range of practical applications of complex variables, and give an introduction to quantum operators. Further tabulations, of relevance in statistics and numerical integration, have been added. Mike Hobson, and Stephen Bence. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Download Riley, K. Riley, K. Kenneth Franklin , Mathematical methods for physics and engineering. Related Work Mathematical methods for physics and engineering. Author s : Nico M. The general spherical harmonic function involves all three variables r, 0,.
Uvarov download Z-Library. Integral Equations. The book bridges the gap between an introductory physics course and more matical methods in Physics, including functions of a complex variable, linear algebra, di erential equations, and special functions associated with eigenvalue problems of ordinary and partial di erential operators.
Subject Mathematical ability in children. Description The third edition of this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook is suitable for teaching all the mathematics ever likely to be needed for an undergraduate course in any of the physical sciences.
As well as lucid descriptions of all the topics covered and many worked examples, it contains more than exercises.
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