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By that book, do you mean the one authored by Spiegel? I went over that book fully. From cover to cover. It was absolutely fantastic, and as good as a "problem
by rg111 4y ago
By that book, do you mean the one authored by Spiegel?
I went over that book fully. From cover to cover. It was absolutely fantastic, and as good as a "problems book" can be.
I loved it and would recommend it to anyone who is looking to get their feet wet with problems in Vector Calculus.
Although it is neither a rigorous treatment (look into Arfken, Weber, Harris for that), nor it is greatly healpful pedagogically (look into Mary L. Boas for that), nor is it easy (look into Riley, Hobson, Bence for that).
The greatest intro material into Linear Algebra still remains the one by Gilbert Strang.
- azalemeth 4y agoYes, it was (is) the one by Spiegel! All of those are classic texts. Riley Hobson & Bence (or RHB) in particular was my first year of university text – it's very useful and well written, but I think it is not as "easy" as Boas. But for passing exams, Spiegel's problem book can't be beat :-).
- rg111 4y agoExactly. I got perfect scores in both of the Mathematical Physics papers in college. Many problems, with some variations did appear directly from Spiegel. Best VC problems book ever.