A Student's Guide to Vectors and Tensors

Daniel A. Fleisch (Wittenberg University, Ohio)

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English

22 September 2011

Mathematics & Sciences; Applied physics

Series: Student's Guides

Vectors and tensors are among the most powerful problem-solving tools available, with applications ranging from mechanics and electromagnetics to general relativity. Understanding the nature and application of vectors and tensors is critically important to students of physics and engineering. Adopting the same approach used in his highly popular A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations, Fleisch explains vectors and tensors in plain language. Written for undergraduate and beginning graduate students, the book provides a thorough grounding in vectors and vector calculus before transitioning through contra and covariant components to tensors and their applications. Matrices and their algebra are reviewed on the book's supporting website, which also features interactive solutions to every problem in the text where students can work through a series of hints or choose to see the entire solution at once. Audio podcasts give students the opportunity to hear important concepts in the book explained by the author.

By: Daniel A. Fleisch (Wittenberg University Ohio)
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780521171908
ISBN 10: 0521171903
Series: Student's Guides
Publication Date: 22 September 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Vectors; 2. Vector operations; 3. Vector applications; 4. Covariant and contravariant vector components; 5. Higher-rank tensors; 6. Tensor applications; Index.

Reviews for A Student's Guide to Vectors and Tensors

'This is both helpful and innovative ... Fleisch's book is an excellent and challenging resource for students in this subject area.' Optics and Photonics News