THIS “Introduction to Vector-methods and their Various Applications to Physics and Mathematics” is an exposition of the late Willard Gibbs' vector analysis. The author in his preface warns us that “no ...

Students learn to distinguish between scalar and vector quantities. Introduction to Vectors: Students learn to distinguish between scalar and vector quantities and how to state the magnitude and ...

AN excellent introduction to the subject of vector analysis is provided by this book. It is admirably clear, and a natural temptation to develop so fertile a theory in excessive detail and to multiply ...

Before the 20 th century, the first basic mathematical consequence of what would be later understood as a gauge theory was noticed in Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism when the electric and ...