Applied partial differential equations

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This little textbook provides a brief elementary introduction to partial differential equations for students in physics, engineering and mathematics. The focus is on the motivation and derivations of the basic results, rather than on their proofs. Thus the writing has more of an engineering style than a traditional, mathematical, theorem-proof format. The modern feature of this text is that it encourages the student to use software packages (Maple) in solving PDE. The contents are as follows: 1. The physical origins of partial differential equations; 2. Partial differential equations on unbounded domains (Cauchy problem for the heat and wave equations, ill-posed problems, semi-infinite domains, Duhamel's principle, Laplace and Fourier transforms, computer algebra packages); 3. Orthogonal expansions (the Fourier method, classical Fourier series, Sturm-Liouville problems); and 4. Partial differential equations on bounded domains (separation of variables, flux and radiation conditions, Laplace's equation, cooling of a sphere, diffusion in a disk, sources on bounded domains, parameter identification problems, finite difference methods). An Appendix: Ordinary differential equations, a Table of Laplace transforms, References and an Index are also included.




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