The Structures of Mathematical Physics: An Introduction - Couverture rigide

Starkovich, Steven P.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 303073448X ISBN 13 : 9783030734480

Editeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021

Synopsis

This textbook serves as an introduction to groups, rings, fields, vector and tensor spaces, algebras, topological spaces, differentiable manifolds and Lie groups --- mathematical structures which are foundational to modern theoretical physics. It is aimed primarily at undergraduate students in physics and mathematics with no previous background in these topics. Applications to physics --- such as the metric tensor of special relativity, the symplectic structures associated with Hamilton's equations and the Generalized Stokes's Theorem --- appear at appropriate places in the text. Worked examples, end-of-chapter problems (many with hints and some with answers) and guides to further reading make this an excellent book for self-study. Upon completing this book the reader will be well prepared to delve more deeply into advanced texts and specialized monographs in theoretical physics or mathematics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Steven P. Starkovich is Associate Professor Emeritus of Physics at Pacific Lutheran University, where he served for seven years as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. His 20 years of classroom teaching spanned the entire undergraduate physics curriculum. He received his PhD in Physics from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, specializing in general relativity and cosmology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 303073448X
• ISBN 13: 9783030734480
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
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