A Physicists Guide to Mathematica

For the engineering and scientific professional, A Physicist’s Guide to Mathematica, Second Edition provides an updated reference guide based on the 2007 new 6.0 release, providing an organized and integrated desk reference with step-by-step instructions for the most commonly used features of the software as it applies to research in physics.

For professors teaching physics and other science courses using the Mathematica software, A Physicist’s Guide to Mathematica, Second Edition is the only fully compatible (new software release) Mathematica text that engages students by providing complete topic coverage, new applications, exercises and examples that enable the user to solve a wide range of physics problems.

Does not require prior knowledge of Mathematica or computer programmingCan be used as either a primary or supplemental text for upper-division physics majorsProvides over 450 end-of-section exercises and end-of-chapter problemsServes as a reference suitable for chemists, physical scientists, and engineersCompatible with Mathematica Version 6, a recent major release

Preface
Mathematica with Physics
The First Encounter: The First Ten Minutes
A Touch of Physics
On-Line Help
Error Messages
Packages
Notebook Interfaces
Interactive Use of Mathematica: Numerical Capabilities
Symbolic Capabilities
Graphical Capabilities
Lists
Problems
Programming in Mathematica: Expressions
Patterns
Functions
Procedures
Graphics
Programming Styles
Packages
Physics with Mathematica
Mechanics: Falling Bodies.Projectile Motion
The Pendulum
The Spherical Pendulum
Problems
Electricity and Magnetism: Electric Field Lines and Equipotentials
Laplaces Equation
Charged Particle in Crossed Electric and Magnetic Fields
Problems
Quantum Physics: Black Body Radiation
Wave Packets
Particle in a One-Dimensional Box
The Square Well Potential
Angular Momentum
The Kronig-Penney Model
Problems
Appendices: The Macintosh and Windows Front Ends
Special Input Forms
Built-In Mathematica Objects
The Infrastructure of Mathematica
Solutions to Exercises
Solutions to Problems
References
Subject Index