Vector Analysis, 2nd Edition 2nd Edition by Murray Spiegel (PDF)

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Editorial Reviews: From the Publisher Murray R. Spiegel held positions at Harvard University, Columbia University, Oak Ridge and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and served as a mathematical consultant at several large companies. His last Position was professor and Chairman of mathematics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Hartford Graduate Center. He was the author of numerous journal articles and books on various topics in mathematics. Seymour Lipschutz, Ph.D., is a Mathematics professor who has written more than 15 Schaum’s Outlines. About the Author He is a Ph.D and a Professor of Mathematics in Temple UniversityMurray R. Spiegel held positions at Harvard University, Columbia University, Oak Ridge and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and served as a mathematical consultant at several large companies. His last Position was professor and Chairman of mathematics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Hartford Graduate Center. He was the author of numerous journal articles and books on various topics in mathematics. Seymour Lipschutz, Ph.D., is a Mathematics professor who has written more than 15 Schaum’s Outlines.

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⭐All the problems are of the sort “Prove that …” and involve only symbol manipulation. This book is more suited to a math major than an engineer or science major. I will probably return it.

⭐I read this book over a weekend in 1987, after my 2nd year university physics class started using vector calculus without any of us students having seen it before. Worked very well to get me up to speed. I bought the ebook edition just to get a quick review. Again, worked very well. However, this edition has numerous typos, which are easily spotted if you have already learnt this material, but could be frustrating if you are learning the material for the first time.nevertheless, I’d still recommend it for first-timers. Just imagine that now there are even more exercises for you to solve: spot the typos.

⭐I used an earlier edition of this great text back in 1968 while an undergraduate in Physics. In those days, Vector Algebra and Analysis were left as ‘catch-it-as-you-can-and-on-the-fly’ in or in between a given math or physics course. And really, that attitude has not changed today: look at any undergrad physics book in elementary mechanics or electromagnetism, and you will see that in many cases, Vector material in an appendix. And when it is addressed in a textbook, e.g., those used in the first two semesters of a typical undergrad sequence in basic calculus-based physics, you wish the God it wasn’t. They go on and on about the obvious, give problems that are easy to solve but which do not prepare the student for real-world or real-physics research problems. And if you don’t get lost in the cute little pictures and elaborate drawings those books use to ‘explain’ the concepts, you still wind up with a cursory understanding of Vectors and their importance in Physics, Engineering, and Mathematics.Not so with this text. It gives sufficient theory, insightful examples, plenty of supplementary problems, and very helpful illustrations to drive the point being made home. Truly, a great book.So when I learned Vector Analysis from this text, I carried this book with me for reference and further learning and refreshing myself throughout grad and post grad school, and it never let me down. To this day, there are three old copies on my books shelves, and now I just added this latest second edition copy – just for old times sake. You won’t go wrong with this book.

⭐worked through this to review course i took in undergrad. i’m surprised that no other reviews seem to mention this (maybe I have an old version?) but this book has a lot of errors in the solutions and worked examples.it still works fine as review and problem bank because the material is basic enough you can easily spot them and work around them, but would be confusing if you were still learning

⭐comfortable, light weight, adequate for needs

⭐Nice reference for beginners. Solutions of some example problems are not provided.

⭐i have a couple of vector analysis/linear algebra books, but i needed to review some concepts for an electromagnetics course, and I needed to review those concepts FAST, this book is the best there is when you need fast info with several examples. Dont expect it to tell you what it does or how it works, or applications, it just tells you what it is and how to use it, period, no bull, no lengthy descriptions.I strongly recommend this book for anyone who wants to know or review vector concepts including vector differentiation, grad, curl, div, etc….

⭐Amazing

⭐Another superb introduction to a vital field of mathematics for engineers. Mathematics is a beautiful thing but it must be rightly viewed as a famous mathematician once said. Schaum’s series gives the right view so brilliantly and this book is no exception.

⭐The second addition – after 50 years ! – is essentially the same as the original and remains full of the insights into the meaning and use of vectors that made this book such a hit among my friends studying physics and engineering some 40 years ago. Improvements are: the inclusion of solutions to ‘supplementary problems’ – essential to self study; an introduction – not always so successful – to some new topics, which are used in related studies; an illustrative example given directly after the introduction of some concepts. Annoyingly a few diagrams, at least one example and even a sentence have not been copied correctly from the original version, rendering these one or two diagrams in particular useless. Time wasted changing ‘which’ to ‘that’ and ‘e.g.’ and ‘i.e.’ to their full English equivalents could have been spent more usefully editing out these faults. In spite of this, the book is now a hit also with me as I have another go at understanding vectors.

⭐If you’re intrested in learning vector calculus, this is the book to have. Each topic is well explained and I particularly like the plethora of problems with solved solutions that follow it. If you are still not satisfied, you can try your newly learned skills on the supplementary problems (answers supplied). The included introduction to tensors is a plus.

⭐Pro: The content of the book is good – brief explanation but lots of examples.Con: However the paper is so thin it is see through in bright light.

⭐If you are a physics undergraduate student like me, you MUST have this book. Everything in it is needed. It is well explained, full of examples, very compact. You will learn fast, well and easy. No regrets really. Simply the best.

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