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CONTENTS24.9 Cauchy’s theorem 84924.10 Cauchy’s integral <strong>for</strong>mula 85124.11 Taylor <strong>and</strong> Laurent series 85324.12 Residue theorem 85824.13 Definite integrals using contour integration 86124.14 Exercises 86724.15 Hints <strong>and</strong> answers 87025 Applications of complex variables 87125.1 Complex potentials 87125.2 Applications of con<strong>for</strong>mal trans<strong>for</strong>mations 87625.3 Location of zeros 87925.4 Summation of series 88225.5 Inverse Laplace trans<strong>for</strong>m 88425.6 Stokes’ equation <strong>and</strong> Airy integrals 88825.7 WKB methods 89525.8 Approximations to integrals 905Level lines <strong>and</strong> saddle points; steepest descents; stationary phase25.9 Exercises 92025.10 Hints <strong>and</strong> answers 92526 Tensors 92726.1 Some notation 92826.2 Change of basis 92926.3 Cartesian tensors 93026.4 First- <strong>and</strong> zero-order Cartesian tensors 93226.5 Second- <strong>and</strong> higher-order Cartesian tensors 93526.6 The algebra of tensors 93826.7 The quotient law 93926.8 The tensors δ ij <strong>and</strong> ɛ ijk 94126.9 Isotropic tensors 94426.10 Improper rotations <strong>and</strong> pseudotensors 94626.11 Dual tensors 94926.12 Physical applications of tensors 95026.13 Integral theorems <strong>for</strong> tensors 95426.14 Non-Cartesian coordinates 95526.15 The metric tensor 95726.16 General coordinate trans<strong>for</strong>mations <strong>and</strong> tensors 96026.17 Relative tensors 96326.18 Derivatives of basis vectors <strong>and</strong> Christoffel symbols 96526.19 Covariant differentiation 96826.20 Vector operators in tensor <strong>for</strong>m 971xiv

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