Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

This updated and extended edition of the book combines the topics provided in the two parts of the previous editions as well as new topics. It is a comprehensive compilation covering most areas in mathematical and theoretical physics. The book provides a collection of problems together with their detailed solutions which will prove to be valuable to students as well as to researchers in the fields of mathematics, physics, engineering and other sciences.

Each chapter provides a short introduction with the relevant definitions and notations. All relevant definitions are given. The topics range in difficulty from elementary to advanced. Almost all problems are solved in detail and most of the problems are self-contained. Stimulating supplementary problems are also provided in each chapter. Students can learn important principles and strategies required for problem solving. Teachers will also find this text useful as a supplement, since important concepts and techniques are developed in the problems. Introductory problems for both undergraduate and advanced undergraduate students are provided. More advanced problems together with their detailed solutions are collected, to meet the needs of graduate students and researchers. Problems included cover new fields in theoretical and mathematical physics such as tensor product, Lax representation, Bäcklund transformation, soliton equations, Hilbert space theory, uncertainty relation, entanglement, spin systems, Lie groups, Bose system, Fermi systems differential forms, Lie algebra valued differential forms, metric tensor fields, Hirota technique, Painlevé test, Bethe ansatz, Yang–Baxter relation, wavelets, gauge theory, differential geometry, string theory, chaos, fractals, complexity, ergodic theory, etc. A number of software implementations are also provided.
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Chapter 1: Sums, Products and Discrete Fourier Transform

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Contents:Sums, Products and Discrete Fourier TransformTransformations, Functions and MapsAlgebraic and Transcendental EquationsVector and Matrix CalculusMatrices and Eigenvalue ProblemsComplex AnalysisIntegrationInequalitiesOptimizationOrdinary Differential EquationsPartial Differential EquationsFunctional Analysis, Hilbert Spaces and WaveletsSpecial FunctionsGeneralized FunctionsGroups and SymmetriesCombinatoricsNumber TheoryKronecker and Tensor ProductVariational CalculusLax Representation, Solitons and Bäcklund TransformationsHirota Technique and Painlevé TestLie Groups and Lie AlgebrasDifferential Forms and Matrix-Valued Differential FormsMetric Tensor Fields, Surfaces and RelativityLie Derivative, Invariance and Killing Vector FieldsSpin SystemsBose and Fermi SystemsGauge TransformationBibliographyIndex
Readership: Undergraduates, graduate students, academics and researchers in physics and mathematics.
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