OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS



John H. Heinbockel

John H. Heinbockel
Professor Emeritus
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia 23529



I have completed writing what I consider to be an introductory text for applied mathematicians, physicists and engineers. The finished work is titled

INTRODUCTION TO TENSOR CALCULUS and CONTINUUM MECHANICS

In Part One I have included introductory topics in tensors, differential geometry and relativity. Part Two presents basics from the areas of continuum mechanics (dynamics, elasticity, fluids, electricity, magnetism). The final section covers an introduction to quaternions, multvectors and Clifford algebra.

You can purchase the final version of this project by Clicking Here Catalogue number is 01-0535. book

The free version below represents about 80% of the final version.
From this free version you can see what you are getting.

What the final version has that the free version does not have:

1. Additional worked examples.
2. Additional exercise problems.
3. A final section on quaternions, multivectors and Clifford algebra.
4. An Appendix D which contains solutions to 70% of the exercise problems.
5. An updated bibliography.
6. An updated index.



The final version can also be ordered through the following bookstores:
Barnes and Noble
Amazon Books
Chapters (Canada's largest on-line merchant)
Borders
Trafford's Internet Bookstore.

If you have problems finding it, then give them the following

International Standard Book Number.

ISBN 1-55369-133-4



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Below is the 80% version of TENSOR CALCULUS textbook in PDF and PS formats.
There will not be any more updates of the free 80% version below.



FREE TEXTBOOK

(Represents about 80% of finished project.)

Introduction to Tensor Calculus and Continuum Mechanics

Files in the PDF (Portable Document Format) format are available
for viewing on the Adobe Acrobat reader.

You can download the Adobe Acrobat reader by Clicking Here

Files in the PS (Postscript) format are available
for viewing using ghostview.

You can download ghostview by Clicking Here

You can download or view these files individually
or download the zipped versions.

bookpdf.zip PDF format file for downloading.
(File size (with Type 1 fonts) approximately 4.3 MB)

bookps.zip Postscript format file for downloading.
(File size approximately 2.6 MB)

INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR VIEWING WITH ADOBE READER 3.1 or GHOSTVIEW.
PART1.PDF
PART1.PS
PART2.PDF
PART2.PS
PART3.PDF
PART3.PS
PART4.PDF
PART4.PS
PART5.PDF
PART5.PS
PART6.PDF
PART6.PS
PART7.PDF
PART7.PS
PART8.PDF
PART8.PS
PART9.PDF
PART9.PS
PART10.PDF
PART10.PS
PART11.PDF
PART11.PS
PART12.PDF
PART12.PS
PART13.PDF
PART13.PS
PART14.PDF
PART14.PS

(Last update 6/18/2001 )

Some individuals are having problems in printing in the PDF format-
fonts corrupted or missing, etc.
This is a known problem in printing PDF files on certain printers.
One suggested solution- try printing at a lower resolution.
For additional help check out the web sites:
http://www.jetlube.com/NewFiles/pdf.html
http://www.birmingham-csp.org.uk/b_audit/pd_winp.htm
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/150d6.htm
I assure you that all fonts are embedded within the above documents.
You will have to solve your own printing problems.
For those having difficulty in printing PDF files
I have added the above postscript files for downloading.


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