Mathematica What is a good text for learning mathematical physics?

[pmb_phy]

I tried to read Classical Electrodynamics - 3rd Ed by J.D. Jackson cover to cover with the aim of working through all the homework problems. Problem: The math is too prohibitive. I need to drop that book for now and pick up a book on mathematical physics and go through that first. I'd like some recommendations for such a text. Thank you.

Pete

 

[assyrian_77]

Even though I never had it, Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences by Boas is usually recommended.

 

[pmb_phy]

Even though I never had it, Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences by Boas is usually recommended.

Thanks. Much appreciated. Actually that is a text already on my list. I'm going to my old alma matta tommorow to pick up a few math-methods in physics text. I'd like to pick up a few of them to compare. Then I can decide which one to actually buy.

Pete

 

[Tide]

I don't know whether they are still in print but Butkov's book was a very good one as well as Arfken's. If you want to dig much deeper into the theory Whittaker and Watson is the classic.

 

[dextercioby]

Morse & Feshbach is the book that has them all. Trust me...

Daniel.

 

[quantumdude]

We spent a semester with Matthews and Walker before embarking on Jackson. It prepared us well for what was about to come up.

 

[daveb]

Hassani's book is also good for certain things at the graduate level.