Electricity and magnetism for mathematicians : a guided path from Maxwell's equations to Yang-Mills / Thomas A. Garrity, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts ; with illustrations by Nicholas Neumann-Chun.
Garrity, Thomas A., 1959-| Call Number | 537.01/51 |
| Author | Garrity, Thomas A., 1959- author. |
| Title | Electricity and magnetism for mathematicians : a guided path from Maxwell's equations to Yang-Mills / Thomas A. Garrity, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts ; with illustrations by Nicholas Neumann-Chun. Electricity & Magnetism for Mathematicians |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xiv, 282 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Summary | This text is an introduction to some of the mathematical wonders of Maxwell's equations. These equations led to the prediction of radio waves, the realization that light is a type of electromagnetic wave, and the discovery of the special theory of relativity. In fact, almost all current descriptions of the fundamental laws of the universe can be viewed as deep generalizations of Maxwell's equations. Even more surprising is that these equations and their generalizations have led to some of the most important mathematical discoveries of the past thirty years. It seems that the mathematics behind Maxwell's equations is endless. The goal of this book is to explain to mathematicians the underlying physics behind electricity and magnetism and to show their connections to mathematics. Starting with Maxwell's equations, the reader is led to such topics as the special theory of relativity, differential forms, quantum mechanics, manifolds, tangent bundles, connections, and curvature. |
| Added Author | Neumann-Chun, Nicholas, illustrator. |
| Subject | Electromagnetic theory Mathematics Textbooks. |
| Multimedia |
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| Summary | This text is an introduction to some of the mathematical wonders of Maxwell's equations. These equations led to the prediction of radio waves, the realization that light is a type of electromagnetic wave, and the discovery of the special theory of relativity. In fact, almost all current descriptions of the fundamental laws of the universe can be viewed as deep generalizations of Maxwell's equations. Even more surprising is that these equations and their generalizations have led to some of the most important mathematical discoveries of the past thirty years. It seems that the mathematics behind Maxwell's equations is endless. The goal of this book is to explain to mathematicians the underlying physics behind electricity and magnetism and to show their connections to mathematics. Starting with Maxwell's equations, the reader is led to such topics as the special theory of relativity, differential forms, quantum mechanics, manifolds, tangent bundles, connections, and curvature. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Subject | Electromagnetic theory Mathematics Textbooks. |
| Multimedia |