Books in Mathematics

The Mathematics collection presents a range of foundational and advanced research content across applied and discrete mathematics, including fields such as Computational Mathematics; Differential Equations; Linear Algebra; Modelling & Simulation; Numerical Analysis; Probability & Statistics.

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Homotopy Theory

1st Edition
Volume 8
January 1, 1959
Sze-tsen HU
English
eBook
9 7 8 0 0 8 0 8 7 3 1 6 9

Fundamental concepts of algebra

1st Edition
Volume 7
January 1, 1957
Claude Chevalley
English
eBook
9 7 8 0 0 8 0 8 7 3 1 5 2

Linear algebra and projective geometry

1st Edition
Volume 2
January 1, 1952
Reinhold Baer
English
eBook
9 7 8 0 0 8 0 8 7 3 1 0 7

Partial Differential Equations in Physics

1st Edition
Volume 1
January 1, 1949
Arnold Sommerfeld
English
eBook
9 7 8 0 0 8 0 8 7 3 0 9 1

The topic with which I regularly conclude my six-term series of lectures in Munich is the partial differential equations of physics. We do not really deal with mathematical physics, but with physical mathematics; not with the mathematical formulation of physical facts, but with the physical motivation of mathematical methods. The oftmentioned “prestabilized harmony” between what is mathematically interesting and what is physically important is met at each step and lends an esthetic - I should like to say metaphysical -- attraction to our subject. The problems to be treated belong mainly to the classical matherhatical literature, as shown by their connection with the names of Laplace, Fourier, Green, Gauss, Riemann, and William Thomson. In order to show that these methods are adequate to deal with actual problems, we treat the propagation of radio waves in some detail in Chapter VI.

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