Handbook of Mathematical Formulas and Integrals: Edition 3

Alan Jeffrey

Dec 2003 · Elsevier

About this ebook

The updated Handbook is an essential reference for researchers and students in applied mathematics, engineering, and physics. It provides quick access to important formulas, relations, and methods from algebra, trigonometric and exponential functions, combinatorics, probability, matrix theory, calculus and vector calculus, ordinary and partial differential equations, Fourier series, orthogonal polynomials, and Laplace transforms. Many of the entries are based upon the updated sixth edition of Gradshteyn and Ryzhik's Table of Integrals, Series, and Products and other important reference works.

The Third Edition has new chapters covering solutions of elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic equations and qualitative properties of the heat and Laplace equation.

• Comprehensive coverage of frequently used integrals, functions and fundamental mathematical results
• Contents selected and organized to suit the needs of students, scientists, and engineers
• Contains tables of Laplace and Fourier transform pairs
• New section on numerical approximation
• New section on the z-transform
• Easy reference system

Ratings and reviews

I am a grad student in Physics, and I own three math tables. This is by far the best one for me. It has less of the crap I don't need, such as long tables of numerical values for special functions, and more of the stuff I do, such as detailed graphs of the special functions. It has the most complete table of recursion relations for Bessel functions I've seen so far, plus the integral tables have more of the integrals I actually use. The first chapter is a condensed set of frequently used things, plus the whole book has tabs that let you easily find stuff you need. Excellent math reference for the physical sciences. As a side note, I got this book because my department decided on a new rule that forbade us to annotate our math references (which are allowed on the qualifying exams) in any way. They also passed a rule that eliminated math references that contained any information, no matter how elementary, that pertained to physics specifically. This reference is the most complete one I could find that fit within the framework of the new rules.