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This vector calculus textbook helps students gain a solid, intuitive understanding of this important subject. The book's careful contemporary balance between theory, application and historical development, provides readers with insights into how mathematics progresses and is in turn influenced by the natural world. The new edition offers a contemporary design, an increased number of practice exercises and content changes based on reviewer feedback, giving this classic text a modern appeal.
Now in its sixth edition, this textbook has been completely redesigned and improved, and yet retains and improves on the carefuk balance between theory, applications, optional material and historical notes that were present in earlier editions. The sixth edition of Marsden and Tromba’s Vector Calculus is an essential resource for students new to the subject.
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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor
Jerrold Eldon Marsden was the Carl F. Braun Professor of Engineering and Control & Dynamical Systems at the California Institute of Technology. Marsden is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher.
Anthony Tromba is Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has authored, or co-authored over nine books, two of which, including Vector Calculus, have been translated into multiple languages.
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This vector calculus text helps students gain a solid, intuitive understanding of this important subject. The book's careful contemporary balance between theory, application and historical development, provides readers with insights into how mathematics progresses and is in turn influenced by the natural world. The new edition offers a contemporary design, an increased number of practice exercises and content changes based on reviewer feedback, giving this classic text a modern appeal.
The sixth edition was completely redesigned, but retains and improves on the balance between theory, applications, optional material and historical notes that was present in earlier editions.
Content changes include:
- Trimming some of the historical material, making it more relevant to the mathematics under discussion.
- Moving some of the more difficult discussions in the Fifth Edition to the Book Companion Web Site (including Conservation Laws, the derivation of Euler's Equation of a Perfect Fluid, and a discussion of the Heat Equation).
Revision highlights:
New Design
The modern redesign emphasizes the pedagogical features, making the text more concise, student-friendly, and accessible.
More Exercises
The new edition adds 15-20% new easy-to-moderate exercises graded from less difficult to more difficult, providing extra practice for students to master key concepts.
New Examples
The new examples were shaped by feedback from reviewers and teaching assistants teaching the course.
Enhanced Three Dimensional Figures
The quality of the artwork has been significantly improved, with crucial three-dimensional figures better reflecting key concepts to students.
Definitions/Theorems/Proofs/Corollaries/Key Concepts
These pedagogical features are now more clearly boxed to better highlight them for students and differentiate from the main text.
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Vector Calculus. Jerrold E. Marsden and Anthony J. Tromba
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