Introduction to partial differential equations: a computational approach.
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Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to partial differential equations (35-01) Numerical methods for partial differential equations, initial value and time-dependent initial-boundary value problems (65Mxx) Numerical methods for partial differential equations, boundary value problems (65Nxx)
For the review of the original (1998) see Zbl 0906.35001. This 2nd printing presents an introductory course to study partial differential equations especially from the computational point of view. For all problems presented both analytical and numerical approaches are described together and authors point out common properties of analytical and numerical solutions. The book is divided into twelve chapters, each being devoted to some mathematical problem. The authors start with the simplest Poisson equation in one dimension with Dirichlet boundary conditions, where the basic topics such as Green function, deriving finite difference approximation, solution of linear algebraic systems, eigenvalue problems and maximum principle are explained. The next chapters are devoted to the linear one space dimensional heat equation, and then the wave equation where the Fourier method of finding analytical solutions is investigated for various boundary value problems. Explicit and implicit finite difference methods are presented too and some stability analysis has been done. One chapter is devoted to maximum principles for the mentioned problems which give additional information about the solution of the problems without solving it. They are derived both for continuous and numerical solutions. Two space dimensional problems for Poisson's equation are investigated further. Harmonic functions and their essential properties are presented together with Fourier analysis including also the transformation symmetric problem to polar coordinates. The five point finite difference numerical method is explained too. General Fourier series, their convergence and basic properties and application for solving linear heat equation problems are explained in several chapters. Reaction-diffusion equations like the logistic model of population growth, Fisher's equation and blow up problems and then the application of the Fourier transform create the final parts of the book. At the end of each chapter the reader can find a very good selection of fine exercises or projects going more deeply into the just mentioned topics. The language of the book is simple and easy to read which will be highly appreciated by its readers. The book can be very useful for undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics and engineering.
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