Matrices for Scientists and Engineers - Softcover

Bell, W.W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0442300824 ISBN 13: 9780442300821

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc.,U.S., 1968

Synopsis

William Wallace Bell is at present Senior Lecturer in Engineering at the University of Aberdeen. Prior to that he was a lecturer in the De­partment of Natural Philosophy, also at Aberdeen. He is a graduate of Edinburgh University and received his M.A. in Mathematics in 1958. in 1959 he gained a B.Sc. in Physics, the following year his M.Sc., and in 1962 his Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics. Dr. Bell is a member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society and is also an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. Designed to give the student a good grounding in mathematical tech­nique to enable him to solve a wide variety of problems by its applica­tion, this book presents in one volume the basic theory of matrices and determinants necessary for science and engineering undergrad­uates. It will also be useful as a self-instruction manual for postgrad­uate research workers who need to learn the subject for the first time, and for students of pure and applied mathematics. The book combines an acceptable level of mathematical sophistica­tion with a simplicity of approach. It deals initially with determinants and their properties. After various aspects of matrices have been covered in the next chapter, the topic of systems of simultaneous linear equations is dealt with, and the final chapter is on eigenvalue theory. There are many worked examples; problems (with solutions) are provided for the reader to attempt, and there is a bibliography.

Edition details

• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1968
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0442300824
• ISBN 13: 9780442300821
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256