Student Solution Manual for Foundation Mathematics for the Physical Sciences

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-521-14104-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 495 g

This Student Solution Manual provides complete solutions to all the odd-numbered problems in Foundation Mathematics for the Physical Sciences. It takes students through each problem step-by-step, so they can clearly see how the solution is reached, and understand any mistakes in their own working. Students will learn by example how to arrive at the correct answer and improve their problem-solving skills.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Riley, K. F.

Hobson, M. P.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Arithmetic and geometry
2. Preliminary algebra
3. Differential calculus
4. Integral calculus
5. Complex numbers and hyperbolic functions
6. Series and limits
7. Partial differentiation
8. Multiple integrals
9. Vector algebra
10. Matrices and vector spaces
11. Vector calculus
12. Line, surface and volume integrals
13. Laplace transforms
14. Ordinary differential equations
15. Elementary probability
Appendix.

Über Autor(innen)

Hobson, M. P.
M. P. Hobson read natural sciences at the University of Cambridge, specialising in theoretical physics, and remained at the Cavendish Laboratory to complete a Ph.D. in the physics of star-formation. As a Research Fellow at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and subsequently an Advanced Fellow of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, he developed an interest in cosmology, and in particular in the study of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background. He was involved in the first detection of these fluctuations using a ground-based interferometer. Currently a University Reader at the Cavendish Laboratory, his research interests include both theoretical and observational aspects of cosmology, and he is the principal author of General Relativity: An Introduction for Physicists. He is also a Director of Studies in Natural Sciences at Trinity Hall and enjoys an active role in the teaching of undergraduate physics and mathematics.

Riley, K. F.
K. F. Riley read mathematics at the University of Cambridge and proceeded to a Ph.D. there in theoretical and experimental nuclear physics. He became a Research Associate in elementary particle physics at Brookhaven, and then, having taken up a lectureship at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, continued this research at the Rutherford Laboratory and Stanford; in particular he was involved in the experimental discovery of a number of the early baryonic resonances. As well as having been Senior Tutor at Clare College, where he has taught physics and mathematics for over 40 years, he has served on many committees concerned with the teaching and examining of these subjects at all levels of tertiary and undergraduate education. He is also one of the authors of 200 Puzzling Physics Problems.