Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, 2nd Edition

Preface

Courses on mathematical methods of physics are among the essential courses for graduate programs in physics, which are also offered by most engineering departments. Considering that the audience in these courses comes from all subdisciplines of physics and engineering, the content and the level of mathematical formalism has to be chosen very carefully. Recently, the growing interest in interdisciplinary studies has brought scientists together from physics, chemistry, biology, economy, and finance and has increased the demand for these courses in which upper-level mathematical techniques are taught. It is for this reason that the mathematics departments, who once overlooked these courses, are now themselves designing and offering them.

Most of the available books for these courses are written with theoretical physicists in mind and thus are somewhat insensitive to the needs of this new multidisciplinary audience. Besides, these books should not only be tuned to the existing practical needs of this multidisciplinary audience but should also play a lead role in the development of new interdisciplinary science by introducing new techniques to students and researchers.

About the Book

We give a coherent treatment of the selected topics with a style that makes advanced mathematical tools accessible to a multidisciplinary audience. The book is written in a modular way so that each chapter is actually a review of its subject and can be read independently. This makes the book ...