Field mathematics for electromagnetics, photonics, and materials science : a guide for the scientist and engineer /

As electromagnetics, photonics, and materials science evolve, it is increasingly important for students and practitioners in the physical sciences and engineering to understand vector calculus and tensor analysis. This book provides a review of vector calculus. This review includes necessary excursi...

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Main Author: Maxum, Bernard
Corporate Author: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bellingham, Wash. (1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA) : SPIE, [2005]
Series:SPIE tutorial texts ; TT64.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:As electromagnetics, photonics, and materials science evolve, it is increasingly important for students and practitioners in the physical sciences and engineering to understand vector calculus and tensor analysis. This book provides a review of vector calculus. This review includes necessary excursions into tensor analysis intended as the reader's first exposure to tensors, making aspects of tensors understandable to advanced undergraduate students. This book will also prepare the reader for more advanced studies in vector calculus and tensor analysis.
Item Description:"SPIE digital library."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 volumes (various pagings) : illustrations
Also available in print version.
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780819478689 (electronic)
DOI:10.1117/3.581869
Access:Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.