Mathematical Methods for Physical and Analytical Chemistry

Download or read book Mathematical Methods for Physical and Analytical Chemistry written by David Z. Goodson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-14 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematical Methods for Physical and Analytical Chemistry presents mathematical and statistical methods to students of chemistry at the intermediate, post-calculus level. The content includes a review of general calculus; a review of numerical techniques often omitted from calculus courses, such as cubic splines and Newton’s method; a detailed treatment of statistical methods for experimental data analysis; complex numbers; extrapolation; linear algebra; and differential equations. With numerous example problems and helpful anecdotes, this text gives chemistry students the mathematical knowledge they need to understand the analytical and physical chemistry professional literature.