Ordinary Differential Equations Mathematical Tools for Physicists
This textbook describes rules and procedures for the use of Differential Operators (DO) in Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE ). The book provides a detailed theoretical and numerical description of ODE. It presents a large variety of ODE and the chosen
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Ordinary Differential Equations Mathematical Tools for Physicists
Ordinary Differential Equations
Raza Tahir-Kheli
Ordinary Differential Equations Mathematical Tools for Physicists
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Raza Tahir-Kheli Department of Physics Temple University Philadelphia, PA, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-76405-4 ISBN 978-3-319-76406-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76406-1
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Dedicated to my friends Sir Roger J. Elliott, Kt., F.R.S. (in Memorium) Sir Anthony J.Leggett, KBE, F.R.S., Nobel Laureate Alan J. Heeger, Nobel Laureate J. Robert Schrieffer, Nobel Laureate my wife Ambassador Shirin Raziuddin Tahir-Kheli and our grandchildren Taisiya, Alexander, Cyrus, Gladia
Preface
This book is intended as a reader-friendly source for self-study and as an accessible textbook that contains many solved problems. My experience teaching at Temple University the mathematical physics course that includes ordinary differential equations has guided the writing of this textbook. The mathematical physics course is offered to undergraduates in their pre- or final year of study in physics, engineering, chemistry, earth and environmental sciences, or mathematical biology. It is also taken by beginning graduate students working toward a master’s degree. Years of teaching have helped me understand what works for students and what does not. In particular, I have learned that the more attention a student pays to taking notes, the less he/she understands of the subject matter of the lecture being delivered. Further, I have noticed that when, a week in advance of the delivery of the lecture, a stude
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