Mathematical physics textbook with solutions in it?

[xdrgnh]

Hello I'm taking a mathematical physics course which has heavy emphasis on algebraic structures. The course has no required textbook but I want one anyway for extra practice. All of the books I see at my library all have no solutions in them which makes it frustrating because then I don't know if I got the question right. Anyone have any tips.

 

[middleCmusic]

You could try http://www.its.caltech.edu/~sean/book.html by Sean Mauch of Caltech. It's HUGE and contains over 2000 pages of mathematical physics with exercises and solutions, though I don't think it contains anything on Algebraic Structures. Are you saying it's a math physics course with a focus on abstract algebra?

In that case, I would maybe recommend The Theory of Groups and Its Application to Physical Problems , an older book by Bhagavantam and Venkatarayudu, which you can find here.

You could also try:

Rowlatt - Group Theory and Elementary Particles

And if you're just looking for good abstract algebra books...

Artin - Abstract Algebra
Dummit and Foote - Abstract Algebra
Lang - Algebra or Undergraduate Algebra

Or these awesome lecture notes covering a ton of different aspects of abstract algebra by J. S. Milne, a mathematician from New Zealand.

Or graduate abstract algebra lecture notes by PhysicsForums's own mathwonk here.