Patrick T. Tam

A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For the engineering and scientific professional, A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica, Second Edition provides an updated reference guide based on the 2007 new 6.0 release, providing an organized and integrated desk reference with step-by-step instructions for the most commonly used features of the software as it applies to research in physics.

For professors teaching physics and other science courses using the Mathematica software, A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica, Second Edition is the only fully compatible (new software release) Mathematica text that engages students by providing complete topic coverage, new applications, exercises and examples that enable the user to solve a wide range of physics problems.

• Does not require prior knowledge of Mathematica or computer programming
• Can be used as either a primary or supplemental text for upper-division physics majors
• Provides over 450 end-of-section exercises and end-of-chapter problems
• Serves as a reference suitable for chemists, physical scientists, and engineers
• Compatible with Mathematica Version 6, a recent major release

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 641
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780080926247
• Artikelnr.: 38124628

Autorenporträt

Patrick Tam received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Cornell University and is a professor of physics at Humboldt State University. He is an associate editor of Mathematica in Education and Research, and his papers have appeared in Computers in Physics and The Physics Teacher. He has given numerous invited talks on Mathematica, and has been the leader of many Mathematica workshops for the American Association of Physics Teachers and a two-week computer algebra workshop supported by a National Science Foundation faculty enhancement grant. He has served as a Mathematica consultant for Wolfram Research, Inc. and Carleton College.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Mathematica with Physics1. The First Encounter2. Interactive Use of Mathematica, 3. Programming in Mathematica

Part II: Physics with Mathematica4. Mechanics5. Electricity and Magnetism6. Quantum Physics

AppendicesA. The Last Ten MinutesB. Operator Input FormsC. Solutions to ExercisesD. Solutions to Problems