Re: math for physics

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From: John Harper
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 08:44

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My 2c worth:
Abramowitz & Stegun for properties of functions and numerical tables
Jahnke & Emde (Dover Books) for pictures of how functions behave in the
  complex plane (this is the one area where A&S did not supersede J&E)
BUT neither of the above gives proofs. You may need these (e.g. if suspecting
a typo in some book); if so:
Whittaker & Watson 
FWJ Olver "Intro. To Asymptotics and Special Functions" (Academic Press 1974)
YL Luke "The special functions and their approximations"(Academic Press 1969)
If you want a property of functions that's not in the above the refs in A&S
for particular functions are good. 
John Harper Mathematics Dept. Victoria University Wellington New Zealand

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