Partial Differential Equations: An Introduction

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Wiley Global Education, 13 avr. 2012 - 464 pages

Our understanding of the fundamental processes of the natural world is based to a large extent on partial differential equations (PDEs). The second edition of Partial Differential Equations provides an introduction to the basic properties of PDEs and the ideas and techniques that have proven useful in analyzing them. It provides the student a broad perspective on the subject, illustrates the incredibly rich variety of phenomena encompassed by it, and imparts a working knowledge of the most important techniques of analysis of the solutions of the equations. In this book mathematical jargon is minimized. Our focus is on the three most classical PDEs: the wave, heat and Laplace equations. Advanced concepts are introduced frequently but with the least possible technicalities. The book is flexibly designed for juniors, seniors or beginning graduate students in science, engineering or mathematics.

 

Table des matières

Where PDEs Come From
1
Waves and Diffusions
33
Reflections and Sources
57
Boundary Problems
84
Fourier Series
104
Harmonic Functions
152
Greens Identities and Greens Functions
178
Computation of Solutions
199
General Eigenvalue Problems
299
Distributions and Transforms
331
PDE Problems from Physics
358
Nonlinear PDEs
380
Appendix
414
References
427
Answers and Hints to Selected Exercises
431
Index
446

Waves in Space
228
Boundaries in the Plane and in Space
258

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À propos de l'auteur (2012)

Dr. Walter A. Strauss is a professor of mathematics at Brown University. He has published numerous journal articles and papers. Not only is he is a member of the Division of Applied Mathematics and the Lefschetz Center for Dynamical Systems, but he is currently serving as the Editor in Chief of the SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis. Dr. Strauss' research interests include Partial Differential Equations, Mathematical Physics, Stability Theory, Solitary Waves, Kinetic Theory of Plasmas, Scattering Theory, Water Waves, Dispersive Waves.

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