Download or read book Special Functions for Applied Scientists written by A.M. Mathai and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-02-13 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written by a highly distinguished author, provides the required mathematical tools for researchers active in the physical sciences. The book presents a full suit of elementary functions for scholars at PhD level. The opening chapter introduces elementary classical special functions. The final chapter is devoted to the discussion of functions of matrix argument in the real case. The text and exercises have been class-tested over five different years.