Elements of Partial Differential Equations / / Pavel Drábek, Gabriela Holubová.

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• VerfasserIn: Drábek, Pavel,; Holubová, Gabriela,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2008]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter Textbook
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (245 p.)

This textbook presents a first introduction to PDEs on an elementary level, enabling the reader to understand what partial differential equations are, where they come from and how they can be solved. The intention is that the reader understands the basic principles which are valid for particular types of PDEs, and to acquire some classical methods to solve them, thus the authors restrict their considerations to fundamental types of equations and basic methods. Only basic facts from calculus and linear ordinary differential equations of first and second order are needed as a prerequisite. An elementary introduction to the basic principles of partial differential equations. With many illustrations. The book is addressed to students who intend to specialize in mathematics as well as to students of physics, engineering, and economics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Mathematical Models, Conservation and Constitutive Laws -- Classification, Types of Equations, Boundary and Initial Conditions -- Linear Partial Differential Equations of the First Order -- Wave Equation in One Spatial Variable–Cauchy Problem in R -- Diffusion Equation in One Spatial Variable–Cauchy Problem in ℝ -- Laplace and Poisson Equations in Two Dimensions -- Solutions of Initial Boundary Value Problems for Evolution Equations -- Solutions of Boundary Value Problems for Stationary Equations -- Methods of Integral Transforms -- General Principles -- Laplace and Poisson equations in Higher Dimensions -- Diffusion Equation in Higher Dimensions -- Wave Equation in Higher Dimensions -- Appendix -- Some Typical Problems Considered in This Book -- Notation -- Bibliography -- Index