1. Overview and Context Author: V. Balakrishnan (Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras) Title: Mathematical Physics Publisher: Springer (part of its graduate texts in physics series) First published: 2020 (corrected printing 2021) ISBN: 978-3-030-39679-0 (eBook), 978-3-030-39680-6 (softcover)
Balakrishnan is in rigor but shorter and more focused on physics intuition. It lacks the massive reference tables of Arfken – that is a feature, not a bug. 7. How to Use the Book For a course: Follow the chapters sequentially. The book is designed for a two-semester sequence (first 7 chapters in semester 1, last 3 in semester 2). Each chapter corresponds to roughly 3–4 lectures.
