Blanchardmathematical Methods in Physics: Distributions, Hilbert Spaces Operators And Variational Methods

Scientists in optics are increasingly confronted with problems that are of a random nature and that require a working knowledge of probability and statistics for their solution. This textbook develops these subjects within the context of optics using a problem-solving approach. All methods are explicitly derived and can be traced back to three simple axioms given at the outset. Students with some previous exposure to Fourier optics or linear theory will find the material particularly absorbing and easy to understand.

This book includes chapters that discuss applications and updates in fractal analysis across the full spectrum of sciences, including mathematical concepts, cities, material physics, medicine, climate, and image processing.

This course-based primer provides an introduction to Lie algebras and some of their applications to the spectroscopy of molecules, atoms, nuclei and hadrons. In the first part, it concisely presents the basic concepts of Lie algebras, their representations and their invariants.

The book collects chapters on operator theory as well as related approximation results and analytic inequalities. It discusses the properties of various types of operators, methods for approximating such operators, proximity point problems, applications of approximation methods in other fields such as engineering, and some analytic inequalities. It seeks to capture both the pure and applied aspects of the topics discussed. Several of the concepts covered in the book are fundamental to many aspects of applied science and engineering. The intriguing and novel aspect of the book is that it focuses on foundational aspects of the topics as well as reasonable application ideas and inputs useful information for practical applications in a variety of other scientific and engineering fields.

The book collects chapters on operator theory as well as related approximation results and analytic inequalities. It discusses the properties of various types of operators, methods for approximating such operators, proximity point problems, applications of approximation methods in other fields such as engineering, and some analytic inequalities. It seeks to capture both the pure and applied aspects of the topics discussed. Several of the concepts covered in the book are fundamental to many aspects of applied science and engineering. The intriguing and novel aspect of the book is that it focuses on foundational aspects of the topics as well as reasonable application ideas and inputs useful information for practical applications in a variety of other scientific and engineering fields.