Vector and Tensor Analysis / Edition 2

by Eutiquio C. Young

Overview

Revised and updated throughout, this book presents the fundamental concepts of vector and tensor analysis with their corresponding physical and geometric applications - emphasizing the development of computational skills and basic procedures, and exploring highly complex and technical topics in simplified settings.;This text: incorporates transformation of rectangular cartesian coordinate systems and the invariance of the gradient, divergence and the curl into the discussion of tensors; combines the test for independence of path and the path independence sections; offers new examples and figures that demonstrate computational methods, as well as carify concepts; introduces subtitles in each section to highlight the appearance of new topics; provides definitions and theorems in boldface type for easy identification. It also contains numerical exercises of varying levels of difficulty and many problems solved.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824787899
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/22/1992
Series:	Chapman & Hall/CRC Pure and Applied Mathematics Series , #172
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	518
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Eutiquio C. Young is Professor of Mathematics, Florida State University, Tallahassee. The author or coauthor of several journal acticles, he is a member of the Mathematical Association of America, Phi Mu Epsilon, and Phi Kappa Phi. Dr. Young received the B.S. degree (1954) in electrical engineering from the Far Eastern University, Manila, Republic of the Philippines, and the M. A. (1960) and Ph.D. (1962) degrees in mathematics from the University of Maryland at College Park.

Table of Contents

Vector algebra; differential calculus of vector functions of one variable; differential calculus of scalar and vector fields; integral calculus of scalar and vector fields; tensors in rectangular cartesian coordinate systems; general tensors; solutions to selected problems.

Editorial Reviews

Revised and updated throughout, the second edition presents the fundamental concepts of vector and tensor analysis with their corresponding physical and geometric applications, emphasizing the development of computational skills and basic procedures and exploring highly complex and technical topics in simplified settings. Many examples are given and problems with selected solutions are provided. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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