Now in its third edition, Mathematical Concepts in the Physical Sciences provides a comprehensive introduction to the areas of mathematical physics. It combines all the essential math concepts into one compact, clearly written reference.
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Mary L. Boas is currently professor emeritus in the physics department at DePaul University.
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56 of 60 people found the following review helpful
By Keith Dow
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This is an excellent book for undergraduates in science and engineering. This book is not for mathematics majors. So anyone who complains about the proofs or lack of rigor is off target. You are not the intended audience.
I include the chapter titles below since they indicate the coveraqe of the book.
1. Infinite series, power series
2. Complex numbers
3. Linear algebra
4. Partial differentiation
5. Multiple integrals
6. Vector analysis
7. Fourier series and transforms
8. Ordinary differential equations
9. Calculus of variations
10. Tensor analysis
11. Special functions
12. Series solutions of differential equations, legendre, bessel, hermite, and laguerre functions
13. Partial differential equations
14. Functions of a complex variable
15. Probability and statistics
Enjoy!
I include the chapter titles below since they indicate the coveraqe of the book.
1. Infinite series, power series
2. Complex numbers
3. Linear algebra
4. Partial differentiation
5. Multiple integrals
6. Vector analysis
7. Fourier series and transforms
8. Ordinary differential equations
9. Calculus of variations
10. Tensor analysis
11. Special functions
12. Series solutions of differential equations, legendre, bessel, hermite, and laguerre functions
13. Partial differential equations
14. Functions of a complex variable
15. Probability and statistics
Enjoy!
37 of 44 people found the following review helpful
By John Matlock
Format:Hardcover
When I was in college working to a double major in math and physics, it was as though the two fields didn't really know each other. The mathematicians were concerned with procedural processes where the mathematical techniques were asimportant, if not more so than the resulting formula. The physicists, on the other hand were concerned with using that formula to describe what's happening. Now the situation is even worse as computers have come in to allow the use of numerical techniques in many areas of physics that can be treated in a completely different by the mathematicians.
There seems to be a trend to develop math and computer science courses to be taught in the science departments. This is the course in math to be taught by the physics department. It strikes a nice balance between procedural math and cookbook physics.
This is the third edition. It has been updated based on feedback from requests. There is also additional information on the use of personal computers. She points out to students buth the usefulness and the pitfalls of computer use in most topics.
There seems to be a trend to develop math and computer science courses to be taught in the science departments. This is the course in math to be taught by the physics department. It strikes a nice balance between procedural math and cookbook physics.
This is the third edition. It has been updated based on feedback from requests. There is also additional information on the use of personal computers. She points out to students buth the usefulness and the pitfalls of computer use in most topics.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The amazon review by Carnley can hardly be improved upon, as it places
the merits of this textbook exactly where needed. Much can be garnered from perusal of this excellent resource.
The Preface of the text also clearly states for whom this work is intended. Students should actually
read the chapters, and then actually work the problems.A high words to equations ratio so this text is
actually very explanatory.A few highlights include: Nice chapter on Gamma, Beta and error functions and
an easy- to- follow chapter on Integral Transforms.
the merits of this textbook exactly where needed. Much can be garnered from perusal of this excellent resource.
The Preface of the text also clearly states for whom this work is intended. Students should actually
read the chapters, and then actually work the problems.A high words to equations ratio so this text is
actually very explanatory.A few highlights include: Nice chapter on Gamma, Beta and error functions and
an easy- to- follow chapter on Integral Transforms.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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New book with poor print
The book arrived shrink-wrapped. However, the print is a major problem - I am not sure how the copy that I received was printed but it has blurred print in several places... Read more
Published 5 hours ago by Prasad Kukkamalla
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Extremely useful reference
If you need to look up most mathematical tools used in science, this is a great go-to book to have on your shelf. I use it quite a lot.
Published 3 days ago by Michael Lam
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Not a very good text
The primary problem with this book is that the author tried to fit too much into too little of a book. As a result, it is extremely lacking. Read more
Published 1 month ago by NONAMEHERE
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great book
easy to understand and it comes with enough examples to master the material..... got to write 7 words to submit
Published 3 months ago by Ricardo Jaramillo
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The Good News and the Bad News...
This proofs/mathematical theory presented in this book is very minimal. It focuses heavily on applications however. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Dustin Roten
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Good book and price
The price is quite low. This is the typical textbook adopted by many institutions for mathematical method courses. It contains most of the important topics in the field. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Dawei
5.0 out of 5 stars
Worth purchasing in addition to your other texts
Taking a Mathematical Methods course is kind of walking a grey line between math and physics - many of the parameters surrounding your actual physical problem are abstracted away... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Matthew Murphy
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Review for some one learning with out help
There is nothing which is not already said.
I want point out few things for some one living in the cave and trying to learn physics/math. Read more
I want point out few things for some one living in the cave and trying to learn physics/math. Read more
Published 14 months ago by knockout_artist
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This book will make a man out of you.
Let me start off by saying, I have essentially covered every single chapter (with the exception of the multivariable calculus section, I took a separate course on that), and every... Read more
Published 15 months ago by CutzmanX
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Missing some content
Although this book was convenient to have in Kindle format, it proved to be very problematic when it came to do homework problems due to the fact that some characters and portions... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Peter J Kallend
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