02477nam a2200301 i 450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003201000170007302000290009002000300011904000380014904200080018705000200019508200150021510000350023024500410026526000820030630000470038850400510043550504210048652008380090752003110174552600080205665000260206465000450209085200400213534574BD-DhAAL20190411101856.0190411r20142013enka b 001 0 eng  a 2012036027 a9781107005211 (hardback) a9781316614181 (paperback) aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLCdBD-DhAAL apcc00aQC20b.C24 201300a530.152231 aCahill, Kevin,d1941-eauthor.10aPhysical mathematics /cKevin Cahill aCambridge ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2013 [ reprinted 2014 ] axvii, 666 pages :billustrations ;c25 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references and index. aLinear algebra -- Fourier series -- Fourier and Laplace transforms -- Infinite series -- Complex-variable theory -- Differential equations -- Integral equations -- Legendre functions -- Bessel functions; Group theory -- Tensors and local symmetries -- Forms -- Probability and statistics -- Monte Carlo methods -- Functional derivatives -- Path integrals -- The renormalization group -- Chaos and fractals -- Strings a"Unique in its clarity, examples and range, Physical Mathematics explains as simply as possible the mathematics that graduate students and professional physicists need in their courses and research. The author illustrates the mathematics with numerous physical examples drawn from contemporary research. In addition to basic subjects such as linear algebra, Fourier analysis, complex variables, differential equations and Bessel functions, this textbook covers topics such as the singular-value decomposition, Lie algebras, the tensors and forms of general relativity, the central limit theorem and Kolmogorov test of statistics, the Monte Carlo methods of experimental and theoretical physics, the renormalization group of condensed-matter physics and the functional derivatives and Feynman path integrals of quantum field theory"-- a"Unique in its clarity, examples, and range, Physical Mathematics explains as simply as possible the mathematics that graduate students and professional physicists need in their courses and research. The author illustrates the mathematics with numerous physical examples drawn from contemporary research"-- aMNS 0aMathematical physics. 7aSCIENCE / Mathematical Physics.2bisacsh aAyesha Abed LibrarycGeneral Stacks