Basic Partial Differential Equations | 
 enlarge | Author: David Bleecker; George Csordas
Publisher: International Press of Boston
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 253415
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 756
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.1 x 1.8
ISBN: 1571460365
Dewey Decimal Number: 515
EAN: 9781571460363
Publication Date: July 1, 1997
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Product Description
For students with three semesters of calculus, this book is self-contained. In particular, Section 1.1 contains a complete treatment of the relevant types of ordinary differential equations. No previous course in ordinary differential equations or linear algebra is necessary. There are approximately 280 examples worked out in detail, and 600 exercises ranging from routine to challenging. Answers to selected problems appear in the back of the book. Rigorous proofs of nearly all results used are given after ample physical motivation. The book documents extensive applications, including: heat conduction, wave propagation, vibrations of strings, square drums, round drums, spheres and manifolds, traffic flow shocks, evolution of population densities, fluid flow, electrostatics, minimal surfaces, gravitation, quantum mechanics (including the determination of the bound states of the hydrogen atom). Convenient summaries appear at the end of each section. Theorems and definitions are clearly off-set in boxes. The book contains 97 figures, illustrations and tables (graphs of mathematical functions of one or several variables were computer generated.).
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Excellent Introductory book on PDEs February 9, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
After searching through dozens of texts on PDEs, this one not only has the clairity to explain approaches and techniques to tackle different types of PDEs in a methodical manner, but also has the breadth to keep you busy learning! Really a great text.
Wow! What an easy and excellent review!! March 8, 2007
B (New York)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was looking for an easy and readable book on basic partial differential equations after taking an ordinary differential equations course at my local community college. Since I had an excellent teacher for the ordinary differential equations course the textbook was not as important. This was truly fortunate since the ODE text was only minimally helpful!
However, David Bleecker's PDE text is a wonderful and easy read for a difficult and challenging second course in this area. I used it as a self-study course guide and found it truly helpful in getting an overview and understanding the basics of the course. I'm sure it would be invaluable to anyone interested in this course and definitely as an aid for anyone taking this course at the college or graduate level.
Good luck!!
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