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1、MathematicalMethodsforPhysicists:AconciseintroductionTAIL.CHOWCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSMathematicalMethodsforPhysicistsAconciseintroductionThistextisdesignedforanintermediate-level,two-semesterundergraduatecourseinmathematicalphysics.Itprovidesanaccessibleaccountofmostofthecurrent,importantmathemati
2、caltoolsrequiredinphysicsthesedays.Itisassumedthatthereaderhasanadequatepreparationingeneralphysicsandcalculus.Thebookbridgesthegapbetweenanintroductoryphysicscourseandmoreadvancedcoursesinclassicalmechanics,electricityandmagnetism,quantummechanics,andthermalandstatisticalphysics.Thetextcontainsala
3、rgenumberofworkedexamplestoillustratethemathematicaltechniquesdevelopedandtoshowtheirrelevancetophysics.Thebookisdesignedprimarilyforundergraduatephysicsmajors,butcouldalsobeusedbystudentsinothersubjects,suchasengineering,astronomyandmathematics.TAIL.CHOWwasbornandraisedinChina.HereceivedaBSdegreei
4、nphysicsfromtheNationalTaiwanUniversity,aMastersdegreeinphysicsfromCaseWesternReserveUniversity,andaPhDinphysicsfromtheUniversityofRochester.Since1969,DrChowhasbeenintheDepartmentofPhysicsatCaliforniaStateUniversity,Stanislaus,andservedasdepartmentchairmanfor17years,until1992.HeservedasVisitingProf
5、essorofPhysicsatUniversityofCalifornia(atDavisandBerkeley)duringhissabbaticalyears.HealsoworkedasSummerFacultyResearchFellowatStanfordUniversityandatNASA.DrChowhaspublishedmorethan35articlesinphysicsjournalsandistheauthoroftwotextbooksandasolutionsmanual.PUBLISHEDBYCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESS(VIRTUALP
6、UBLISHING)FORANDONBEHALFOFTHEPRESSSYNDICATEOFTHEUNIVERSITYOFCAMBRIDGEThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,CambridgeCB2IRP40West20thStreet,NewYork,NY10011-4211,USA477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australiahttp://www.cambridge.org©CambridgeUniversityPress2000Thisedition©CambridgeUniversityPress
7、(VirtualPublishing)2003Firstpublishedinprintedformat2000AcataloguerecordfortheoriginalprintedbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryandfromtheLibraryofCongressOriginalISBN0521652278hardbackOriginalISBN05216554
