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THIS book falls into two distinct parts: mathematics and physics. The third edition differs from the second (published about twelve years ago) in respect of a more systematic handling of the subjects, the introduction of much new matter, including a chapter on group theory, and a complete rewriting of the chapter on quantum theory. The author's object is to provide for physicists a précis of those parts of mathematics which shall be of direct use, and which could only be otherwise obtained by consulting a large variety of text-books. In the second part of the book the equations of mathematical physics are formulated.
Die mathematischen Hilfsmittel des Physikers:
Von Prof. Dr. Erwin Madelung. Unter Mitarbeit von Dr. Karl Boehle und Dr. Siegfried Flügge. (Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften in Einzeldarstellungen, herausgegeben von R. Courant, Band 4.) Dritte vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage. Pp. xiii + 381. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1936.) 28.80 gold marks.
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Die mathematischen Hilfsmittel des Physikers. Nature 140, 218 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140218c0
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