Vector Analysis - Brossura

Brand, Louis

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486450309 ISBN 13: 9780486450308

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2006

Riassunto

The use of vectors not only simplifies treatments of differential geometry, mechanics, hydrodynamics, and electrodynamics, but also makes mathematical and physical concepts more tangible and easy to grasp. This text for undergraduates was designed as a short introductory course to give students the tools of vector algebra and calculus, as well as a brief glimpse into these subjects' manifold applications. The applications are developed to the extent that the uses of the potential function, both scalar and vector, are fully illustrated. Moreover, the basic postulates of vector analysis are brought to the foreground, placing their logical structure in sharp relief.
Because the concept of a vector has been greatly generalized in geometry and mathematical physics, this text concludes with a brief introduction to abstract vector spaces, together with the ideas of linear dependence, basis, and dimension. The exposition of these abstract concepts is kept simple and clear. Numerous figures appear throughout the text.

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Product Description

This text for undergraduates was designed as a short introductory course to give students the tools of vector algebra and calculus, as well as a brief glimpse into the subjects' manifold applications. Uses of the potential function, both scalar and vector, are fully illustrated. 1957 edition. 86 figures.

Contenuti

1. Vector Algebra 2. Line Vectors 3. Vector Functions of One Variable 4. Differential Invariants 5. Integral Theories 6. Dynamics 7. Fluid Mechanics 8. Electrodynamics 9. Vector Spaces Appendix

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0486450309
• ISBN 13: 9780486450308
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 282
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italia