SPIE Field Mathematics for Electromagnetics, Photonics, and Materials Science: A Guide for the Scientist and Engineer ISBN: 9780819455239

As electromagnetics, photonics, and materials science evolve, it is increasingly important for students and practitioners in the physical sciences and engineering to understand vector calculus and tensor analysis. This book provides a review of vector calculus. This review includes necessary excursions into tensor analysis intended as the reader's first exposure to tensors, making aspects of tensors understandable to advanced undergraduate students. This book will also prepare the reader for more advanced studies in vector calculus and tensor analysis.