Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide
by K. F. Riley, S. J. Bence (Author), M. P. Hobson (Author)
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The new edition of this highly acclaimed textbook contains several major additions, including more than four hundred new exercises (with hints and answers). To match the mathematical preparation of current senior college and university entrants, the authors have included a preliminary chapter covering areas such as polynomial equations, trigonometric identities, coordinate geometry, partial fractions, binomial expansions, induction, and the proof of necessary and sufficient conditions. show more Elsewhere, matrix decompositions, nearly-singular matrices and non-square sets of linear equations are treated in detail. The presentation of probability has been reorganised and greatly extended, and includes all physically important distributions. New topics covered in a separate statistics chapter include estimator efficiency, distributions of samples, t- and F-tests for comparing means and variances, applications of the chi-squared distribution, and maximum likelihood and least-squares fitting. In other chapters the following topics have been added: linear recurrence relations, curvature, envelopes, curve-sketching, and more refined numerical methods. show lessTags
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Any undergraduate mathematical methods for scientists is behond essential for every human. Even without knowing how to solve problems at least the general ideas are fundamental tools and technologies that underlie our world.
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- Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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- 515 — Natural sciences & mathematics Mathematics Analysis
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