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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankMathematicalMethodsforPhysicsandEngineeringThethirdeditionofthishighlyacclaimedundergraduatetextbookissuitableforteachingallthemathematicseverlikelytobeneededforanundergraduatecourseinanyofthephysicalsciences.Aswellasluciddescriptionsofallthetopicscovered
2、andmanyworkedexamples,itcontainsmorethan800exercises.Anumberofadditionaltopicshavebeenincludedandthetexthasundergonesigni?cantreorganisationinsomeareas.Newstand-alonechapters:?giveasystematicaccountofthe‘specialfunctions’ofphysicalscience?coveranextendedrangeofpracticalapplicationsofc
3、omplexvariablesincludingWKBmethodsandsaddle-pointintegrationtechniques?provideanintroductiontoquantumoperators.Furthertabulations,ofrelevanceinstatisticsandnumericalintegration,havebeenadded.Inthisedition,all400odd-numberedexercisesareprovidedwithcompleteworkedsolutionsinaseparatemanu
4、al,availabletobothstudentsandtheirteachers;theseareinadditiontothehintsandoutlineanswersgiveninthemaintext.Theeven-numberedexerciseshavenohints,answersorworkedsolutionsandcanbeusedforunaidedhomework;fullsolutionstothemareavailabletoinstructorsonapassword-protectedwebsite.KenRileyreadm
5、athematicsattheUniversityofCambridgeandproceededtoaPh.D.thereintheoreticalandexperimentalnuclearphysics.HebecamearesearchassociateinelementaryparticlephysicsatBrookhaven,andthen,havingtakenupalectureshipattheCavendishLaboratory,Cambridge,continuedthisresearchattheRutherfordLaboratorya
6、ndStanford;inparticularhewasinvolvedintheexperimentaldiscoveryofanumberoftheearlybaryonicresonances.AswellashavingbeenSeniorTutoratClareCollege,wherehehastaughtphysicsandmathematicsforover40years,hehasservedonmanycommitteesconcernedwiththeteachingandexaminingofthesesubjectsatalllevels
7、oftertiaryandundergraduateeducation.Heisalsooneoftheauthorsof200PuzzlingPhysicsProblems.MichaelHobsonreadnaturalsciencesattheUniversityofCambridge,spe-cialisingintheoreticalphysics,andremainedattheCavendishLaboratorytocompleteaPh.D.inthephysicsofstar-formation.AsaresearchfellowatTrini
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