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Book SynopsisVector analysis provides the language that is needed for a precise quantitative statement of the general laws and relationships governing such branches of physics as electromagnetism and fluid dynamics.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Summary of vector algebra; 2. The geometrical background to vector analysis; 3. Metric properties of Euclidean space; 4. Scalar and vector fields; 5. Spatial integrals of fields; 6. Further spatial integrals; 7. Differentiation of fields. Part I The gradient; 8. Differentiation of fields. Part II The curl; 9. Differentiation of fields. Part III The divergence; 10. Generalisation of the three principal theorems and some remarks on notation; 11. Boundary behaviour of fields; 12. Differentiation and integration of products of fields; 13. Second derivatives of vector fields; elements of potential theory; 14. Orthogonal curvilinear coordinates; 15. Time-dependent fields; Exercises; Index.
