Trying to bridge the gap between math and application

Are there any applied math texts you guys recommend? Looking for one that offers a lot of practice problems involving “setting up” integrals for real world problems. It also needs to describe how and why to do it that way. (Standard general physics textbook is garbage in this regard).

Trying to acquire nasty physics skills…

When you are ready for it, take a Junior level classical mechanics text and then an electrodynamics book.

Have you tried Schaum’s outlines? They contain many solved problems. Also check the usual places such as ocw.mit.edu, Coursera, Chegg, etc.

I can tell you that the derivative of displacement w/ respect to time = velocity, and deriv. of velocity w/ respect to time - acceleration. And the integral of accel = velo and integral of velo = displacement :smiley:

Oh, and work is the integral of force w/ respect to displacement. and kinetic energy is the integral from v initial to v final of m.v dv (mass times velocity dv) other then that. I haven’t come across integrals much in physics, but i’m only in classical mechanics atm.

Not exactly what I’m talking about @Fsswim1 , but thanks for the input anyway. Looking more for problems that focus on the force about a point due to a “non point object” (ie; gravitational force at point due to a disk, hemisphere, etc.) I’m sure it graduates to varying shapes and surfaces later. I KNOW early problems can be done with algebra and canned formulas…

Schaums is riddled with errors from what I’ve read (reviews). But it sounded like it was along the right lines for what I’m looking for. I’m taking statics and U Physics II right now. My statics text goes farther in depth, but it’s a relatively simple class that requires very little calculus. Sadly I won’t take the more involved dynamics.

Keep the suggestions coming, looking for a reference TEXT (like to kick-it old school)

Will peruse amazon…