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Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A concise introduction - Site Map

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Index<br />

Abel's integral equation, 426<br />

Abelian group, 431<br />

adjoint operator, 212<br />

analytic functions, 243<br />

Cauchy integral <strong>for</strong>mula and, 244<br />

Cauchy integral theorem and, 257<br />

angular momentum operator, 18<br />

Argand diagram, 234<br />

associated Laguerre equation, polynomials see<br />

Laguerre equation; Laguerre functions<br />

associated Legendre equation, functions see<br />

Legendre equation; Legendre functions<br />

associated tensors, 53<br />

auxiliary (characteristic) equation, 75<br />

axial vector, 8<br />

Bernoulli equation, 72<br />

Bessel equation, 321<br />

series solution, 322<br />

Bessel functions, 323<br />

approximations, 335<br />

®rst kind J n …x†, 324<br />

generating function, 330<br />

hanging ¯exible chain, 328<br />

Hankel functions, 328<br />

integral representation, 331<br />

orthogonality, 336<br />

recurrence <strong>for</strong>mulas, 332<br />

second kind Y n …x† see Neumann functions<br />

spherical, 338<br />

beta function, 95<br />

branch line (branch cut), 241<br />

branch points, 241<br />

calculus of variations, 347±371<br />

brachistochrone problem, 350<br />

canonical equations of motion, 361<br />

constraints, 353<br />

Euler±Lagrange equation, 348<br />

Hamilton's principle, 361<br />

calculus of variations (contd)<br />

Hamilton±Jacobi equation, 364<br />

Lagrangian equations of motion, 355<br />

Lagrangian multipliers, 353<br />

modi®ed Hamilton's principle, 364<br />

Rayleigh±Ritz method, 359<br />

cartesian coordinates, 3<br />

Cauchy principal value, 289<br />

Cauchy±Riemann conditions, 244<br />

Cauchy's integral <strong>for</strong>mula, 260<br />

Cauchy's integral theorem, 257<br />

Cayley±Hamilton theorem, 134<br />

change of<br />

basis, 224<br />

coordinate system, 11<br />

interval, 152<br />

characteristic equation, 125<br />

Christo€el symbol, 54<br />

commutator, 107<br />

complex numbers, 233<br />

basic operations, 234<br />

polar <strong>for</strong>m, 234<br />

roots, 237<br />

connected, simply or multiply, 257<br />

contour integrals, 255<br />

contraction of tensors, 50<br />

contravariant tensor, 49<br />

convolution theorem Fourier trans<strong>for</strong>ms, 188<br />

coordinate system, see speci®c coordinate system<br />

coset, 439<br />

covariant di€erentiation, 55<br />

covariant tensor, 49<br />

cross product of vectors see vector product of<br />

vectors<br />

crossing conditions, 441<br />

curl<br />

cartesian, 24<br />

curvilinear, 32<br />

cylindrical, 34<br />

spherical polar, 35<br />

551

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