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Synopsis
This book is designed to help first and second year under-graduates at universities and polytechnics, as well as technical college students, to find their feet in the important mathematical methods they will need.
Table of Contents
Preface; 1. Preliminary calculus; 2. Vector algebra; 3. Calculus of vectors; 4. Vector operators; 5. Ordinary differential equations; 6. Series solutions of differential equations; 7. Superposition methods; 8. Fourier methods; 9. Partial differential equations; 10. Separation of variables; 11. Numerical methods; 12. Calculus of variations; 13. General eigenvalue problem; 14. Matrices; 15. Cartesian tensors; 16. Complex variables; Solutions and hints for exercises and examples; Index.