Elementary Applied Partial Differential Equations with Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems.

Heat Equation. 2. Method of Separation of Variables. 3. Fourier Series. 4. Vibrating Strings and Membranes. 5. Sturm-Liouville Eigenvalue Problems. 6. An Elementary Discussion of Finite Difference Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations. 7. Partial Differential Equations with at Least Three Independent Variables. 8. Nonhomogeneous Problems. 9. Green's Functions for Time-Independent Problems. 10. Infinite Domain Problems--Fourier Transform Solutions of Partial Differential Equations. 11. Green's Functions for Time-Dependent Problems. 12. The Method of Characteristics for Linear and Quasi-Linear Wave Equations. 13. A Brief Introduction to Laplace Transform Solution of Partial Differential Equations. 14. Topics: Dispersive Waves, Stability, Nonlinearity, and Perturbation Methods. Bibliography. Selected Answers to Starred Exercises. Index.