MATH JOURNEY THROUGH DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF PHYSICS
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Mathematics is the language of physics, and over time physicists have developed their own dialect. The main purpose of this book is to bridge this language barrier, and introduce the readers to the beauty of mathematical physics. It shows how to combine the strengths of both approaches: physicists often arrive at interesting conjectures based on good intuition, which can serve as the starting point of interesting mathematics. Conversely, mathematicians can more easily see commonalities between very different fields (such as quantum mechanics and electromagnetism), and employ more advanced tools.
Rather than focusing on a particular topic, the book showcases conceptual and mathematical commonalities across different physical theories. It translates physical problems to concrete mathematical questions, shows how to answer them and explains how to interpret the answers physically. For example, if two Hamiltonians are close, why are their dynamics similar?
The book alternates between mathematics- and physics-centric chapters, and includes plenty of concrete examples from physics as well as 76 exercises with solutions. It exploits that readers from either end are familiar with some of the material already. The mathematics-centric chapters provide the necessary background to make physical concepts mathematically precise and establish basic facts. And each physics-centric chapter introduces physical theories in a way that is more friendly to mathematicians.
As the book progresses, advanced material is sprinkled in to showcase how mathematics and physics augment one another. Some of these examples are based on recent publications and include material which has not been covered in other textbooks. This is to keep it interesting for the readers.
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Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Contents:
Preface
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ordinary Differential Equations
The Hamiltonian Formalism of Classical Mechanics
Banach & Hilbert Spaces
Linear Operators
The Fourier Transform
Schwartz Functions & Tempered Distributions
Green's Functions
Quantum Mechanics
Variational Calculus
Appendix A: Primer on Measure Theory
Appendix B: Functional Calculus
Solutions to the Odd-Numbered Exercises
Bibliography
Index
Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students of mathematics and physics with an interest in mathematical physics. Instructors can use it to design a comprehensive course on differential equations after paring down some of the material. Or alternatively, it also serves as a good basis for more specialized classes on, e.g., quantum mechanics or electromagnetism that place more emphasis on the necessary mathematics.
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MATHEMAGICS: A MAGICAL JOURNEY THROUGH ADVANCED MATH
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"This delightful book connects mathematical concepts in a dozen areas to magic tricks. Expositions of the mathematics precede description and analysis of the tricks. The expositions are too short for in-depth learning; the intent is to give sophomores a taste of the content and ideas of later mathematics courses. Each chapter features exercises on the mathematics, and students can have fun practicing the tricks."
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Teixeira and Park present over 60 different magic tricks while introducing students to high-level math areas. Readers will learn really interesting ideas that will better prepare them for future courses and help them finding areas they might want to study deeper. And as a "side effect" students will learn amazing magic tricks, century-old secrets, and details from famous magicians and mathematicians.
The material was written to quickly present key concepts in several mathematical areas in direct way. Little or no proficiency in math is assumed. In fact, students do not require any Calculus knowledge. And since chapters are almost independent from each other, this book also work as introduction to several other courses.
Topics covered include mathematical proofs, probability, abstract algebra, linear algebra, mathematical computing, number theory, coding theory, geometry, topology, real analysis, numerical analysis and history of math.
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Preface
Chapter 1: Mathematical Proofs
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Contents:
Mathematical Proofs
Probability
Abstract Algebra
Linear Algebra
Mathematical Computing
Number Theory
Coding Theory
Geometry
Topology
Real Analysis
Numerical Analysis
History of Math
Readership: High school and college students, general public.
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