Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering

Zusatztext 88754793 Informationen zum Autor Mattias Blennow is an associate professor in the Department of Theoretical physics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology! Stockholm! Sweden. His field of research is directed towards weakly interacting particle physics! specializing in theoretical neutrino and dark matter physics with 51 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals. He has taught courses at all university levels! including mathematical methods in physics! quantum mechanics! special and general relativity! and quantum field theory. Zusammenfassung Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this new textbook contains an introduction to the mathematical concepts used in physics and engineering. It provides the student with the tools needed for advanced topics, such as quantum mechanics and general relativity, while offering examples and insights into classical physics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Scalars and Vectors. Tensors. Partial Differential Equations and Modelling. Symmetries and Group Theory. Function Spaces. Eigenfunction Expansions. Green’s Functions. Variational Calculus. Calculus on Manifolds. Classical Mechanics and Field Theory. Reference material. Summaries of Chapters.

Product details

• Authors: Mattias Blennow, Mattias (Kth Royal Institute of Technolog Blennow
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138056909
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05690-9
• No. of pages: 736
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Physics / General, MATHEMATICS / Applied, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, MATHEMATICS / Arithmetic, Mathematical physics, Maths for scientists, Maths for engineers, Mathematical / Computational / Theoretical physics