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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankMathematicalMethodsforPhysicsandEngineeringThethirdeditionofthishighlyacclaimedundergraduatetextbookissuitableforteachingallthemathematicseverlikelytobeneededforanundergraduatecourseinanyofthephysicalsciences.Aswellasluciddescr

2、iptionsofallthetopicscoveredandmanyworkedexamples,itcontainsmorethan800exercises.Anumberofadditionaltopicshavebeenincludedandthetexthasundergonesignificantreorganisationinsomeareas.Newstand-alonechapters:•giveasystematicaccountofthe‘specialfunctions’ofphysic

3、alscience•coveranextendedrangeofpracticalapplicationsofcomplexvariablesincludingWKBmethodsandsaddle-pointintegrationtechniques•provideanintroductiontoquantumoperators.Furthertabulations,ofrelevanceinstatisticsandnumericalintegration,havebeenadded.Inthisedit

4、ion,all400odd-numberedexercisesareprovidedwithcompleteworkedsolutionsinaseparatemanual,availabletobothstudentsandtheirteachers;theseareinadditiontothehintsandoutlineanswersgiveninthemaintext.Theeven-numberedexerciseshavenohints,answersorworkedsolutionsandca

5、nbeusedforunaidedhomework;fullsolutionstothemareavailabletoinstructorsonapassword-protectedwebsite.KenRileyreadmathematicsattheUniversityofCambridgeandproceededtoaPh.D.thereintheoreticalandexperimentalnuclearphysics.Hebecamearesearchassociateinelementarypar

6、ticlephysicsatBrookhaven,andthen,havingtakenupalectureshipattheCavendishLaboratory,Cambridge,continuedthisresearchattheRutherfordLaboratoryandStanford;inparticularhewasinvolvedintheexperimentaldiscoveryofanumberoftheearlybaryonicresonances.Aswellashavingbee

7、nSeniorTutoratClareCollege,wherehehastaughtphysicsandmathematicsforover40years,hehasservedonmanycommitteesconcernedwiththeteachingandexaminingofthesesubjectsatalllevelsoftertiaryandundergraduateeducation.Heisalsooneoftheauthorsof200PuzzlingPhysicsProblems.M

8、ichaelHobsonreadnaturalsciencesattheUniversityofCambridge,spe-cialisingintheoreticalphysics,andremainedattheCavendishLaboratorytocompleteaPh.D.inthephysicsofstar-formation.AsaresearchfellowatTrinityHal