Description
This book introduces students to vector analysis, a concise way of presenting certain kinds of equations and a natural aid for forming mental pictures of physical and geometrical ideas. Students of the physical sciences and of physics, mechanics, electromagnetic theory, aerodynamics and a number of other fields will find this a rewarding and practical treatment of vector analysis. Key points are made memorable with the hundreds of problems with step-by-step solutions, and many review questions with answers.
Table of Contents
1. Vectors and Scalars
2. The Dot and Cross Product
3. Vector Differentiation
4. Gradient, Divergence and CURL
5. Vector Integration
6. The Divergence Theorem, Stokes' Theorem, and Related Integral Theorems
7. Curvilinear Coordinates
8. Tensor Analysis
Murray Speigel, Ph.D., was Former Professor and Chairman of the Mathematics Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hartford Graduate Center.