ABSTRACT

Partial Differential Equations: Analytical Methods and Applications covers all the basic topics of a Partial Differential Equations (PDE) course for undergraduate students or a beginners’ course for graduate students. It provides qualitative physical explanation of mathematical results while maintaining the expected level of it rigor.

This text introduces and promotes practice of necessary problem-solving skills. The presentation is concise and friendly to the reader. The "teaching-by-examples" approach provides numerous carefully chosen examples that guide step-by-step learning of concepts and techniques. Fourier series, Sturm-Liouville problem, Fourier transform, and Laplace transform are included. The book’s level of presentation and structure is well suited for use in engineering, physics and applied mathematics courses.

 

Highlights:

  • Offers a complete first course on PDEs
  • The text’s flexible structure promotes varied syllabi for courses
  • Written with a teach-by-example approach which offers numerous examples and applications
  • Includes additional topics such as the Sturm-Liouville problem, Fourier and Laplace transforms, and special functions
  • The text’s graphical material makes excellent use of modern software packages
  • Features numerous examples and applications which are suitable for readers studying the subject remotely or independently

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|14 pages

First-Order Equations

chapter 3|8 pages

Second-Order Equations

chapter 4|14 pages

The Sturm-Liouville Problem

chapter 5|57 pages

One-Dimensional Hyperbolic Equations

chapter 6|39 pages

One-Dimensional Parabolic Equations

chapter 7|47 pages

Elliptic Equations

chapter 8|39 pages

Two-Dimensional Hyperbolic Equations

chapter 9|33 pages

Two-Dimensional Parabolic Equations

chapter 10|22 pages

Nonlinear Equations