Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences

Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences
Author Mary L. Boas
Country USA
Subject Applied mathematics
Publisher Wiley
Publication date
1966
Media type Print
ISBN 978-0-471-19826-0

Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences is a 1966 textbook by mathematician Mary L. Boas intended to develop skills in mathematical problem solving needed for junior to senior-graduate courses in engineering, physics, and chemistry. The book provides a comprehensive survey of analytic techniques and provides careful statements of important theorems while omitting most detailed proofs. Each section contains a large number of problems, with selected answers. Numerical computational approaches using computers are outside the scope of the book.

The book, now in its third edition, is still widely used in university classrooms[1] and is frequently cited in other textbooks and scientific papers.

Chapters

  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 solution of differential equations; Legendre, Bessel, Hermite, and Laguerre functions
  13. Partial differential equations
  14. Functions of a complex variable
  15. Integral transforms
  16. Probability and statistics

References

  1. Spector, Donald (1999). "Book Reviews". American Journal of Physics. 67 (2): 165–169. doi:10.1119/1.19216.

Further reading

Reviews of 1st edition

Reviews of 2nd edition

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