Basic training in mathematics : a fitness program for science students /

"Based on the author's course at Yale University, the book addresses the widening gap found by Professor Shankar and his colleagues between the mathematics needed for upper-level science study and the knowledge possessed by incoming students. This superb text organizes the necessary mathem...

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Main Author: Shankar, Ramamurti
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, [1995]
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Summary:"Based on the author's course at Yale University, the book addresses the widening gap found by Professor Shankar and his colleagues between the mathematics needed for upper-level science study and the knowledge possessed by incoming students. This superb text organizes the necessary mathematics background into a one-semester course covering such topics as:- A review of calculus- Infinite series- Functions of a complex variable- Vector calculus- Matrices- Linear vector spaces- Differential equationsnbsp; Get in shape for your future science studies with this outstanding text." --Back cover.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 365 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN:9781489967985 (electronic bk.)
1489967982 (electronic bk.)