| Description |
xiii, 600 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: 1. Sets and structures -- 2. Groups -- 3. Vector spaces -- 4. Linear operators and matrices -- 5. Inner product spaces -- 6. Algebras -- 7. Tensors -- 8. Exterior algebra -- 9. Special relativity -- 10. Topology -- 11. Measure theory and integration -- 12. Distributions -- 13. Hilbert spaces -- 14. Quantum mechanics -- 15. Differential geometry -- 16. Differentiable forms -- 17. Integration on manifolds -- 18. Connections and curvature -- 19. Lie groups and Lie algebras |
| Summary |
Summary: "This book is suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in mathematical and theoretical physics. It includes numerous exercises and worked examples to test the reader's understanding of the various concepts, as well as extending the themes covered in the main text. The only prerequisites are elementary calculus and linear algebra. No prior knowledge of group theory, abstract vector spaces or topology is required."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
"This book is suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in mathematical and theoretical physics. It includes numerous exercises and worked examples to test the reader's understanding of the various concepts, as well as extending the themes covered in the main text. The only prerequisites are elementary calculus and linear algebra. No prior knowledge of group theory, abstract vector spaces or topology is required."--BOOK JACKET |
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Also available online |
| Subject |
Mathematical physics.
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| LC no. |
2004045675 |
| ISBN |
0521536456 (pb.) |
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0521829607 |
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