文档介绍：MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN
THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Third Edition
MARY L. BOAS
DePaul University
MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN THE
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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PREFACE
This book is particularly intended for the student with a year (or a year and a half)
of calculus who wants to develop, in a short time, a petence in each of the
many areas of mathematics needed in junior to senior-graduate courses in physics,
chemistr