Modern Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers: A Street-Smart Introduction (Fokas Athanassios)(Paperback)

Partial differential equations (PDEs) are the mathematical cornerstone for describing an astonishingly wide range of phenomena, from quantum mechanics and ocean waves, to the diffusion of heat in matter and the behavior of financial markets. Despite the efforts of many famous mathematicians, physicists and engineers, the solution of partial differential equations remains a challenge. This book's authors introduce a novel method, the unified transform, which greatly facilitates this challenge.Two and a half centuries after Jean d'Alembert formulated the wave equation and presented a solution for solving a simple problem for this equation, this book introduces a generalization of the d'Alembert solution, which is valid for general boundary value problems. Moreover, two centuries after Joseph Fourier introduced the classical tool of the Fourier series for solving the heat equation, it
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