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Index 435

quadrupole, 47, 193, 207, 209, 240
quasi-static, 73



  • radian, 1
    radioactivity, 95
    rainbow, 202–204, 210
    random variable, 286
    range, 146, 295
    ratio test, 27
    rational number, 135
    reality, 252, 267
    reciprocal basis, 307, 312, 315, 323
    reciprocal vector, 317
    rectifier, 119
    recursion, 6, 20
    regular point, 73
    regular singular point, 73
    relation, 295
    relative error, 267
    relativity, 46, 318
    residue, 353, 376
    residue theorem, 353, 354
    resistor, 81, 206, 209
    resonance, 112
    Reynolds transport theorem, 336, 343
    Riemann Integral, 9, 349
    Riemann Surface, 359–361, 367
    Riemann-Stieltjes integral, 12, 174
    rigid body, 144, 148, 162, 294
    roots of unity, 57
    rotation, 143, 146, 148, 154, 217, 222
    components 148
    composition 153
    roundoff error, 281, 291
    rpncalculator, 6
    ruler, 383
    Runge-Kutta, 277, 293
    Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg, 279


  • saddle, 196
    saddle point, 194, 195, 209
    scalar product, 104, 112, 130 –134, 137, 138,
    171, 231, 249, 256, 296, 307, 315
    scattering, 201–204
    scattering angle, 201, 210
    Schwartz, 416
    Schwarzenegger, 188
    secant method, 270
    self-adjoint, 170
    semiperimeter, 20




separated solution, 248
separation of variables, 80, 243 –259
series, 24–35
of series 29
absolute convergence 29
common 24
comparison test 27, 28
convergence 26, 45
differential equation 73, 97
double 258, 277
examples 24
exponential 174
faster convergence 47
Frobenius 74 –76, 350
geometric 174
hyperbolic sine 250
integral test 27
Laurent 350
power 25, 219, 267
ratio test 27
rearrange 29
secant 29, 45
telescoping 47, 119
two variables 30, 46
setting sun, 344
sheet, 360, 362

dσ/dΩ, 201–204, 210


similarity transformation, 165
simple closed curve, 353
simply-connected, 334
Simpson’s rule, 274, 407
simultaneous equations, 83, 86
sine integral, 116, 121
sine transform, 378
singular perturbations, 98
singular point, 73
singularity, 351, 353, 363
sinh, 2, 55, 95, 107, 244, 387
sketching, 15
skewness, 411, 426
Snell, 390
Snell’s law, 406
snowplow, 95
soap bubbles, 400
Sobolev, 141, 416
solenoid, 192, 241
solid angle, 200, 201
space, 311
specific heat, 179, 242
spectral density, 379
speed of light, 385
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