MathTensor: A System for Doing Tensor Analysis by Computer - Softcover

Parker, Leonard; Christensen, Steven M.

 
9780201569902: MathTensor: A System for Doing Tensor Analysis by Computer

Synopsis

Provides a computer program which adds tensor analysis to Mathematica. The book includes: an introduction to MathTensor's commands and functions; information on how to apply MathTensor to specific problems; and tips on how to solve problems in electromagnetism and relativity.

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About the Author

About Leonard Parker

Leonard Parker is a principal in MathSolutions Inc., and the co-author of the MathTensor software. Parker, an elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, is author of more than one hundred research publications and has served on the editorial boards of several major physics journals. He is professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

About Steven Christensen

Steven Christensen is a principal in MathSolutions Inc., and the co-author of the MathTensor software. Founder of the MathGroup Mathematica Email list, is a contributing editor to The Mathematica Journal and a consultant for major hardware and software vendors. He is adjunct professor of physics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.



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From the Back Cover

This book is an introduction to the authors' MathTensor software, which provides a computer program that works with Mathematica by extending its capabilities to include tensor analysis. Included is an introduction to MathTensor's commands and functions along with information on how to apply MathTensor to specific problems, among them problems in electromagnetism and relativity. For students and researchers in science, engineering and mathematics who use tensors in solving problems.



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