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The guide to vector analysis that helps students study faster, learn better, and get top grades
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Murray Speigel, Ph.D., was Former Professor and Chairman of the Mathematics Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hartford Graduate Center.
Seymour Lipschutz, Ph.D. (Philadelphia, PA), is presently on the Mathematics faculty at Temple University. He has written more than 15 Schaum's Outlines.
Seymour Lipschutz, Ph.D. (Philadelphia, PA), is presently on the Mathematics faculty at Temple University. He has written more than 15 Schaum's Outlines.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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The second addition - after 50 years ! - is essentially the same as the original and remains full of the insights into the meaning and use of vectors that made this book such a hit among my friends studying physics and engineering some 40 years ago. Improvements are: the inclusion of solutions to 'supplementary problems' - essential to self study; an introduction - not always so successful - to some new topics, which are used in related studies; an illustrative example given directly after the introduction of some concepts. Annoyingly a few diagrams, at least one example and even a sentence have not been copied correctly from the original version, rendering these one or two diagrams in particular useless. Time wasted changing 'which' to 'that' and 'e.g.' and 'i.e.' to their full English equivalents could have been spent more usefully editing out these faults. In spite of this, the book is now a hit also with me as I have another go at understanding vectors.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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If you are a physics undergraduate student like me, you MUST have this book. Everything in it is needed. It is well explained, full of examples, very compact. You will learn fast, well and easy. No regrets really. Simply the best.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Anyone interested in Physics faces the inevitability of understanding vector calculus, particularly when the transition from Ohm's law to Maxwellian electrodynamics is made, or when a more detailed understanding of Newtonian mechanics [and beyond] is sought. This book represents the best way of achieving this; the diverse array of topics, combined with very helpful solved problems makes this treatment in particular ideal for those interested in Physics, where physical intuition then combines with the mathematical intuition that is developed in the mind of the reader.
Many interesting digressions are made, such as a development of the ideas of curvature and torsion of arcs according to classical differential geometry, recovery of Kepler's laws from Newton's universal law of gravitation, and fluid mechanics, along with discussions that would satisfy the reader's developing mathematical curiosity such as the direct multiplication of vectors giving rise to the concept of a matrix [that eventually leads to the concept of a tensor]. The various examples are certainly non-trivial; many theorems of great importance to those interested in Physics are developed with excellent explanations, particularly in the sections on applying differential and integral calculus to vectors, with the careful development of those theorems of Stokes and Gauß.
The latter chapters on tensor calculus are somewhat compressed, but still adequate for the more able reader, with generalised transformations given in the prior chapter on curvilinear unit vectors developed in proper detail, though a book on differential geometry is advised for a better discussion of the ideas of curvature etc., particularly if the reader is interested in aspects of Einsteinian relativity [with the tensor calculus section sufficing for the understanding of the concept of a 4-vector]. The typesetting and diagram quality is better with the older copy of the text, and the use of Imperial units in the mechanical examples might be an annoyance, but the modern reader will still be able to begin a venture into modern Physics with the mastery of this book as a first step, and this alone makes it a very worthwhile addition, along with the price!
Many interesting digressions are made, such as a development of the ideas of curvature and torsion of arcs according to classical differential geometry, recovery of Kepler's laws from Newton's universal law of gravitation, and fluid mechanics, along with discussions that would satisfy the reader's developing mathematical curiosity such as the direct multiplication of vectors giving rise to the concept of a matrix [that eventually leads to the concept of a tensor]. The various examples are certainly non-trivial; many theorems of great importance to those interested in Physics are developed with excellent explanations, particularly in the sections on applying differential and integral calculus to vectors, with the careful development of those theorems of Stokes and Gauß.
The latter chapters on tensor calculus are somewhat compressed, but still adequate for the more able reader, with generalised transformations given in the prior chapter on curvilinear unit vectors developed in proper detail, though a book on differential geometry is advised for a better discussion of the ideas of curvature etc., particularly if the reader is interested in aspects of Einsteinian relativity [with the tensor calculus section sufficing for the understanding of the concept of a 4-vector]. The typesetting and diagram quality is better with the older copy of the text, and the use of Imperial units in the mechanical examples might be an annoyance, but the modern reader will still be able to begin a venture into modern Physics with the mastery of this book as a first step, and this alone makes it a very worthwhile addition, along with the price!
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