Short description This up-to-date book for graduates is written by a physicist who knows the difficulties in applying mathematics to real problems -- and how to solve them. As many as 40 exercises round off each chapter, with a solutions manual available. A CD with MATHEMATICA applets is enclosed.
From the contents 1. Functions of a Complex Variable 2. Integration 3. Asymptotic Series 4. Generalized Functions 5. Integral Transforms 6. Analytic Continuation and Dispersion Relations 7. Sturm-Liouville Theory 8. Legendre and Bessel Functions 9. Boundary-value Problems 10. Group Theory
