Essential Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences (Hardcover)

The mathematical methods that physical scientists need for solving substantial problems in their fields of study are set out clearly and simply in this tutorial-style textbook. Students will develop problem-solving skills through hundreds of worked examples, self-test questions and homework problems. Each chapter concludes with a summary of the main procedures and results and all assumed prior knowledge is summarized in one of the appendices. Over 300 worked examples show how to use the techniques and around 100 self-test questions in the footnotes act as checkpoints to build student confidence. Nearly 400 end-of-chapter problems combine ideas from the chapter to reinforce the concepts. Hints and outline answers to the odd-numbered problems are given at the end of each chapter, with fully-worked solutions to these problems given in the accompanying Student Solutions Manual. Fully-worked solutions to all problems, password-protected for instructors, are available at www.cambridge.org/essential.

這本教學風格的教科書清晰而簡單地介紹了物理科學家在其研究領域中解決重要問題所需的數學方法。學生將通過數百個實例、自測問題和家庭作業問題來培養解決問題的能力。每章結束時都會總結主要的程序和結果，並將所有假定的先備知識總結在附錄中的一個部分中。超過300個實例展示了如何應用這些技巧，腳註中的約100個自測問題則作為檢查點，以建立學生的信心。近400個章末問題結合了章節中的概念，以加強理解。每章結尾都提供了奇數問題的提示和大綱答案，附帶的學生解答手冊中則提供了這些問題的完整解答。所有問題的完整解答（只供教師使用，需要密碼保護）可在www.cambridge.org/essential上獲得。