HANS J. WEBER

Arfken (Miami U., Oxford, Ohio) and Weber (U. of Virginia) offer a textbook with more than enough material for a two-semester undergraduate or graduate course. They include proofs as well as examples of almost all the mathematical relations, though in some cases mathematicians would scoff at the level of rigor. Some of the theorems they incorporate are usually not cited under the most general assumptions, but are tailored to the more restricted applications required by physics. Earlier editions appeared between 1966 and 1995; the fifth is revised to account for changes not so much in the field as in the content of standard courses.

Through four editions, Arfken and Weber's best-selling Mathematical Methods for Physicists has provided upper level undergraduate and graduate students with the paramount coverage of the mathematics necessary for advanced study in physics and engineering. It provides the essential mathematical methods that aspiring physicists are likely to encounter as students or beginning researchers. Appropriate for a physics service course, as well as for more advanced coursework this is the book of choice in the field.