Mathematics for Physical Chemistry 3rd ed - R. Mortimer (Elsevier, 2005) WW.pdf

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Mathematics
for
Physical
Chemistry
Third Edition
Mathematics
for
Physical
Chemistry
Third Edition
Robert G. Mortimer
Department of Chemistry
Rhodes College
Memphis, Tennessee
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Contents
Preface xi
1 Numbers, Measurements, and Numerical Mathematics 1
NumbersandMeasurements....................... 2
NumericalMathematicalOperati