Differential calculus and equations

Interactive Operations Research with Maple: Methods and Models has two ob- jectives: to provide an accelerated introduction to the computer algebra system Maple and, more importantly, to demonstrate Maple's usefulness in modeling and solving a wide range of operations research (OR) problems.

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Nonlinear partial differential equations has become one of the main tools of mod- ern mathematical analysis; in spite of seemingly contradictory terminology, the subject of nonlinear differential equations finds its origins in the theory of linear differential equations, and a large part of functional analysis derived its inspiration from the study of linear pdes.

In some domains of mechanics, physics and control theory boundary value problems arise for nonlinear first order PDEs.

Overview The subject of partial differential equations has an unchanging core of material but is constantly expanding and evolving.

Now in new trade paper editions, these classic biographies of two of the greatest 20th Century mathematicians are being released under the Copernicus imprint.

I once heard the book by Meyer (1993) described as a "e;vulgarization"e; of wavelets.

Nonlinear diffusion equations have held a prominent place in the theory of partial differential equations, both for the challenging and deep math- ematical questions posed by such equations and the important role they play in many areas of science and technology.

For the past 25 years the theory of pseudodifferential operators has played an important role in many exciting and deep investigations into linear PDE.

tion of fields as a product of coordinate-dependent and time-dependent factors.

Pseudodifferential methods are central to the study of partial differential equations, because they permit an "e;algebraization.

This second edition of Linear Integral Equations continues the emphasis that the first edition placed on applications.

First year, undergraduate, mathematics students in Japan have for many years had the opportunity of a unique experience---an introduction, at an elementary level, to some very advanced ideas in mathematics from one of the leading mathematicians of the world.

Elliptic boundary problems have enjoyed interest recently, espe- cially among C* -algebraists and mathematical physicists who want to understand single aspects of the theory, such as the behaviour of Dirac operators and their solution spaces in the case of a non-trivial boundary.

During the weekend of March 16-18, 1990 the University of North Carolina at Charlotte hosted a conference on the subject of stochastic flows, as part of a Special Activity Month in the Department of Mathematics.

On becoming familiar with difference equations and their close re- lation to differential equations, I was in hopes that the theory of difference equations could be brought completely abreast with that for ordinary differential equations.

In recent years, the study of the Monge-Ampere equation has received consider- able attention and there have been many important advances.

In the field known as "e;the mathematical theory of shock waves,"e; very exciting and unexpected developments have occurred in the last few years.

Disorder is one of the predominant topics in science today.

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The study of spatial patterns in extended systems, and their evolution with time, poses challenging questions for physicists and mathematicians alike.

Many interesting behaviors of real physical, biological, economical, and chemical systems can be described by ordinary differential equations (ODEs).

For the past several decades, the study of free boundary problems has been a very active subject of research occurring in a variety of applied sciences.

Covers recent advances in the field of nonlinear functional analysis and its applications to nonlinear pdes and odes, with particular emphasis on variational and topological methods.

This monograph is intended to provide a comprehensive description of the rela- tion between kinetic theory and fluid dynamics for a time-independent behavior of a gas in a general domain.

The implicit function theorem is part of the bedrock of mathematical analysis and geometry.

In nonlinear problems, essentially new phenomena occur which have no place in the corresponding linear problems.

Given the explosion of interest in mathematical methods for solving problems in finance and trading, a great deal of research and development is taking place in universities, large brokerage firms, and in the supporting trading software industry.

Control theory has applications to a number of areas in engineering and communication theory.

This text features a careful treatment of flow lines and algebraic invariants in contact form geometry, a vast area of research connected to symplectic field theory, pseudo-holomorphic curves, and Gromov-Witten invariants (contact homology).

l\lany systems encountered in practice involve a coupling between contin- uous dynamics and discrete events.

The most important thing is to write equations in a beautiful form and their success in applications is ensured.

For more than two thousand years some familiarity with mathematics has been regarded as an indispensable part of the intellectual equipment of every cultured person.

This book is a self-contained introduction to real analysis assuming only basic notions on limits of sequences in ]RN, manipulations of series, their convergence criteria, advanced differential calculus, and basic algebra of sets.

Presenting basic results of topology, calculus of several variables, and approximation theory which are rarely treated in a single volume, this textbook includes several beautiful, but almost forgotten, classical theorems of Descartes, Erdos, Fejer, Stieltjes, and Turan.

This book gives an introduction to Linear Functional Analysis, which is a synthesis of algebra, topology, and analysis.

This textbook, based on three series of lectures held by the author at the University of Strasbourg, presents functional analysis in a non-traditional way by generalizing elementary theorems of plane geometry to spaces of arbitrary dimension.

This text provides an accessible, self-contained and rigorous introduction to complex analysis and differential equations.

This two-volume textbook provides comprehensive coverage of partial differential equations, spanning elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic types in two and several variables.

This two-volume textbook provides comprehensive coverage of partial differential equations, spanning elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic types in two and several variables.

The theory of elliptic boundary problems is fundamental in analysis and the role of spaces of weakly differentiable functions (also called Sobolev spaces) is essential in this theory as a tool for analysing the regularity of the solutions.

Delay Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations is devoted to linear and nonlinear ordinary and partial differential equations with constant and variable delay.