内容简介
Computationalmethodsformanincreasinglyimportantpartoftheundergraduatecurricu-luminphysicsandengineeringthesedays.Thisbookismainlyconcernedwiththewaysthatcomputersmaybeusedtoadvanceastudentsunderstandingofphysics.Alargepartofthematerialiscommontoengineeringaswell.Thesubjectmattercoveredinthisvolumemaybeclassifiedalsounderthetitleof"computationalphysics."Thereareseveralwaystoorganizethematerialthatshouldbeincluded.Thechoicemadehereistofollowthetraditionalapproachofmathematicalphysics.Thatis,thechaptersandsectionsaregroupedaroundmethods,withphysicalproblemsusedasthemotivationandexamples.Oneattractivealternativeistogrouparoundphysicalphenomena.Thedifficultyoffollowingthiswayoforganizationistheheavyrelianceonthephysicsbackgroundofthereaders,thusmakingithardertofollowforstudentsatearlystagesoftheireducation.Forthisreason,suchanapproachisrejected.此书为英文版!