Mathematica for Physics -- from Wolfram Library Archive

Title

Mathematica for Physics

Authors

Robert L. Zimmerman

Organization:

University of Oregon

Department:

Institute of Theoretical Science

Fredrick I. Olness

Organization:

Southern Methodist University

Department:

Department of Physics

Book information

Publisher:

Addison-Wesley

1995

ISBN:

0201537966

Medium:

Paperback

Pages:

436

Out of print?:

Contents

Description

Designed as a supplement for any of the core advanced undergraduate and graduate physics courses, Mathematica for Physics chooses the canonical problems from the physics curriculum, and solves these problems using Mathematica. This book takes the reader beyond the "textbook" solutions by challenging the student to cross check the results using the wide variety of Mathematica's analytical, numerical, and graphical tools. Throughout the book, the complexity of both the physics and Mathematica is systematically extended to broaden the tools the reader has at his or her disposal, and to broaden the range of problems that can be solved.

As such, this text is an appropriate supplement for any of the core advanced undergraduate and graduate physics courses.

The electronic supplement contains the initialization files for all chapters, and selected solutions and examples.

Highlights include:

Provides Mathematica solutions for the canonical problems in the physics curriculum.

Covers essential problems in: mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, special and general relativity, cosmology, elementary circuits, oscillating Systems.

Uses the power of Mathematica to go beyond "textbook" solutions and bring the problems alive with animations, and other graphical tools.

Emphasizes the graphical capability of Mathematica to develop the reader's intuition and visualization in problem solving.

Introduces the reader to the aspects of Mathematica that are particularly useful for physics.

Subject

Science > Physics

Keywords

electronic supplements, Mathematica book information, publications, text book, physics, tutorials, courseware, classical mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, relativity, cosmology, oscillating systems, education

Related items

Mathematica for Physics, Second Edition [in Books]

Downloads

BookInfo.txt (6.8 KB) - General Information about the book

ReadMe.txt (4.3 KB) - File list, installation instructions and general information

ch1init.m (6.1 KB) - Chapter 1 Initialization

ch1s6p16.nb (8.4 KB) - Section 6 Graphics: Examples 1-6

ch2init.m (7.5 KB) - Chapter 2 Initialization

ch2s2p1.nb (10.8 KB) - Coriolis and Centrifugal Forces

ch2s3p2.nb (9.5 KB) - Uniformly Charged Sphere

ch2s5p2.nb (7.2 KB) - Relativistic Collision

ch3init.m (11.5 KB) - Chapter 3 Initialization

ch3s2p4.nb (8.2 KB) - Motion of a Damped, Forced Nonlinear Pendulum

ch3s3p1.nb (10.1 KB) - Two Coupled Harmonic Oscillators

ch3s3p2a.nb (6.1 KB) - Three Coupled Harmonic Oscillators, Animation Only

ch3s3p3a.nb (6.2 KB) - Double Pendulum, Animation Only

ch4init.m (12.4 KB) - Chapter 4 Initialization

ch4s1p3.nb (10.6 KB) - Bead on a Rotating Hoop

ch4s2p4.nb (8.5 KB) - Numerical Solution for Orbits with Central Forces

ch4s3p3.nb (8.9 KB) - Spherical Pendulum and Hamilton's Equations

ch5init.m (11.5 KB) - Chapter 5 Initialization

ch5s1p1.nb (7.8 KB) - Superposition of Point Charges

ch5s2p5.nb (7.7 KB) - Conducting Cylinder with a Potential on the Surface

ch6init.m (12.4 KB) - Chapter 6 Initialization

ch6s1p2.nb (12.7 KB) - Particle bound in a Finite Potential Well

ch6s1p3a.nb (8.3 KB) - Particle Hitting a Finite Step Potential, Animation Only

ch6s1p4a.nb (7.1 KB) - Particle Propagating Towards a Rectangular Potential, Animation Only

ch6s2p5.nb (8.9 KB) - The Hydrogen Atom in Spherical Coordinates

ch7init.m (15.2 KB) - Chapter 7 Initialization

ch7s1p3.nb (7.3 KB) - Compton Scattering

ch7s2p5.nb (10 KB) - Time It Takes to Fall into a BlackHole

Files specific to Mathematica 2.2 version:

ch1s6p16.ma (7.2 KB) - Section 6 Graphics: Examples 1-6

ch2s2p1.ma (9.2 KB) - Coriolis and Centrifugal Forces

ch2s3p2.ma (8.2 KB) - Uniformly Charged Sphere

ch2s5p2.ma (6.6 KB) - Relativistic Collision

ch3s2p4.ma (7.3 KB) - Motion of a Damped, Forced Nonlinear Pendulum

ch3s3p1.ma (8.4 KB) - Two Coupled Harmonic Oscillators

ch3s3p2a.ma (6.3 KB) - Three Coupled Harmonic Oscillators, Animation Only

ch3s3p3a.ma (6.3 KB) - Double Pendulum, Animation Only

ch4s1p3.ma (8.7 KB) - Bead on a Rotating Hoop

ch4s2p4.ma (7.4 KB) - Numerical Solution for Orbits with Central Forces

ch4s3p3.ma (7.8 KB) - Spherical Pendulum and Hamilton's Equations

ch5s1p1.ma (7 KB) - Superposition of Point Charges

ch5s2p5.ma (6.9 KB) - Conducting Cylinder with a Potential on the Surface

ch6s1p2.ma (10.5 KB) - Particle bound in a Finite Potential Well

ch6s1p3a.ma (7.8 KB) - Particle Hitting a Finite Step Potential, Animation Only

ch6s1p4a.ma (7.1 KB) - Particle Propagating Towards a Rectangular Potential, Animation Only

ch6s2p5.ma (7.9 KB) - The Hydrogen Atom in Spherical Coordinates

ch7s1p3.ma (6.6 KB) - Compton Scattering

ch7s2p5.ma (8.5 KB) - Time It Takes to Fall into a BlackHole