All You Wanted to Know about Mathematics but Were Afraid to Ask: Mathematics for Science Students

Louis Lyons

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139170543

This book, first published in 1998, is the second in a two volume work and introduces integral and differential calculus, waves, matrices, and eigenvectors for undergraduates in physics and engineering. Together, the two volumes cover all the mathematics needed for an introductory course in the physical sciences. The approach taken is to learn through understanding real examples, showing mathematics as a tool for understanding physical systems and their behaviour. The aim is to make the student feel at home with real problems by creating a toolkit through a wide range of examples. The traditional approach of teaching theory for its own sake is not used in this course. Dr. Lyons brings a wealth of teaching experience to this refreshing textbook on the fundamentals of mathematics for physics and engineering.

‘… a compendium of explanations of applications of mathematics in physics, designed to be dipped into and to inspire thought … once the book is opened, be warned, you are likely to be hooked …’.

Nigel Steele Source: The Times Higher Eduction Supplement

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-xi

Chapter titles for Volume 1
pp xii-xii

Dedication
pp xiii-xiv

Preface
pp xv-xvi

9 - Integrals
pp 1-44

10 - Vector operators
pp 45-89

11 - Partial differential equations
pp 90-145

12 - Fourier series
pp 146-202

13 - Normal modes
pp 203-229

14 - Waves
pp 230-286

15 - Matrices
pp 287-336

16 - Eigenvectors and eigenvalues
pp 337-365

Appendix C
pp 366-376

Index
pp 377-382

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