Separable boundary-value problems in physics / Morten Willatzen and Lok C. Lew Yan Voon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willatzen, Morten.

Contributor:

Lew Yan Voon, Lok C.

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boundary value problems.

Physical Description:

xxi, 377 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH verlag, 2011.

Summary:

Willatzen (product innovation, U. of Southern Denmark) and Lew Van Voon (physics, Wright State U., Ohio) explain how to solve boundary-value problems in physics using the method of separation of variables, going beyond the few simple coordinate systems described in most other textbooks. They present an applications-oriented approach to the general theory of the separation of variables, and illustrate different aspects of it with a variety of separable orthogonal coordinate systems. They also consider a range of special functions that can result, though they make clear this is not a text on special functions. The fundamental material is suitable for a one-semester course in partial differential equations at the graduate or senior level; the rest of the material can be used as self-study or more advanced courses. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-373) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

3527410201

9783527410200

OCLC:

687714085

Publisher Number:

99946215594