Books
Mathematical Methods in Physics (PHY 230)
Duke University - Richard Palmer - Fall 2005
Required:
- Donald A. McQuarrie, Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers (University Science Books, 2003).
Recommended:
- M.R Spiegel and J. Liu,
Mathematical Handbook of Formulas and Tables
(Schaum's Outline Series, McGraw-Hill 1999).
You should have a handbook for formulas, etc. If you don't already have one, use the Schaum's. Some good another ones are Abramowitz and Segun, Bronshtein and Semendyayev, and Zwillinger (see the bibliography).