Numerical and Analytical Methods for Scientists and Engineers Using Mathematica -- from Wolfram Library Archive

Title

Numerical and Analytical Methods for Scientists and Engineers Using Mathematica

Author

Daniel Dubin

Organization:

University of California, San Diego

Department:

Department of Physics

Book information

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons

2003

ISBN:

0471266108

Medium:

Hardcover

Includes:

CD-ROM

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Contents

Ordinary Differential Equations in the Physical Sciences | Fourier Series and Transforms | Introduction to Linear Partial Differential Equations | Eigenmode Analysis | Partial Differential Equations in Infinite Domains | Numerical Solution of Linear Partial Differential Equations | Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations | Introduction to Random Processes | An Introduction to Mathematica (electronic version only) | Appendix: Finite-Differenced Derivatives

Description

This text is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the physical and engineering sciences as well as for professionals. It offers a comprehensive Mathematica-based guide to the analytical and numerical methods used every day by working scientists and engineers and includes many exercises and worked examples. The entire book is available electronically on the accompanying CD as Mathematica notebooks.

Subjects

	Applied Mathematics > Numerical Methods
	Engineering
	Science > Physics
	Science > Physics > Wave Motion
	Wolfram Technology > Programming > Animations

Keywords

Teaching, Scientific, Engineering, Physics, Differential Equations, Boundary Value Problems, Initial Value Problems, Electromagnetism, Wave Equation, Heat Equation, KdV Equation, Poisson's Equation, Shrodinger's Equation, Fourier Series, Integral Transforms, Method of Characteristics, Linear Operators, Eigenmodes, WKB Method, Ray Tracing, Geometrical Optics, Random Processes, Numerical Methods, Euler's Method, Predictor-Corrector Method, Adams-Bashforth Method, Leapfrog Method, Finite-Difference Method, Shooting Method, Galerkin Method, Relaxation Methods, Particle-in-Cell Method, Monte Carlo Methods