内容简介
Thishighlyusefultextforstudentsandprofessionalsworkingintheappliedsciencesshowshowtoformulateandsolvepartialdifferentialequations.Realistic,practicalcoverageofdiffusion-typeproblems,hyperbolic-typeproblems,elliptic-typeproblemsandnumericalandapproximatemethods.Suggestionsforfurtherreading.Solutionguideavailableuponrequest.1982edition.
作者简介
PartialDifferentialEquations&BeyondStanleyJ.Farlow'sPartialDifferentialEquationsforScientistsandEngineersisoneofthemostwidelyusedtextbooksthatDoverhaseverpublished.ReadersofthemanyAmazonreviewswilleasilyfindoutwhy.Jerry,asProfessorFarlowisknowntothemathematicalcommunity,haswrittenmanyotherfinetexts—oncalculus,finitemathematics,modeling,andothertopics.Wefollowedupthe1993Dovereditionofthepartialdifferentialequationstitlein2006withaneweditionofhisAnIntroductiontoDifferentialEquationsandTheirApplications.ReaderswhowonderifmathematicianshaveasenseofhumormightsearchtheinternetforacopyofJerry'sTheGirlWhoAteEquationsforBreakfast(AardvarkPress,1998).CriticalAcclaimforPartialDifferentialEquationsforScientistsandEngineers:
"Thisbookisprimarilyintendedforstudentsinareasotherthanmathematicswhoarestudyingpartialdifferentialequationsattheundergraduatelevel.Thebookisunusualinthatthematerialisorganizedinto47semi-independentlessonsratherthanthemoreusualchapter-by-chapterapproach."Anappealingfeatureofthebookisthewayinwhichthepurposeofeachlessonisclearlystatedattheoutsetwhilethestudentwillfindtheproblemsplacedattheendofeachlessonparticularlyhelpful.Thefirstappendixconsistsofintegraltransformtableswhereasthesecondisintheformofacrosswordpuzzlewhichthediligentstudentshouldbeabletocompleteafterathoroughreadingofthetext."Students(andteachers)inthisareawillfindthebookusefulasthesubjectmatterisclearlyexplained.Theauthorandpublishersaretobecomplimentedforthequalityofpresentationofthematerial."—K.Morgan,UniversityCollege,Swansea,,
