Mathematics for Physicists Susan Lea
Publisher: Brooks Cole

Generalized Functions in Physics. I think the particular quality we are looking is not simply the use of mathematics – the best quantum-mechanical chemists are as formidably mathematical as the best physicists. Quantum Field Theory I: Basics in Mathematics and Physics: A Bridge between Mathematicians and Physicists (v. The justification for exhortation is that the big difference between Physics at A-level and Physics at undergraduate University level is that the latter is taught in a much more mathematical way than the former. I think having a background as a physicist is kind of fortuitously good for people who work on Wall Street because there are a lot of fields that use mathematics, but physics is sort of the field par excellence. Higher Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists - free book at E-Books Directory - download here. [Update (5/29): Eric Weinstein will be giving a follow-up lecture this Friday (5/31) at 2pm at Oxford's Mathematical Institute in lecture room L2 (which, I believe, is at location 22 on this map). I have been considering a compromise to these two extremes: use elementary category theory as a teaching tool to help explain the mathematics required by theoretical physics. Now in its 7th edition, Mathematical Methods for Physicists continues to provide all the mathematical methods that aspiring scientists and engineers are likely to encounter as students and beginning researchers. I'm not at all sure myself how much mathematics a theoretical physicist needs to know, it certainly depends on what they're trying to do.