A Mathematical Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

by Jerrold E. Marsden and Alexandre J. Chorin

Book Overview

A presentation of some of the basic ideas of fluid mechanics in a mathematically attractive manner. The text illustrates the physical background and motivation for some constructions used in recent mathematical and numerical work on the Navier- Stokes equations and on hyperbolic systems, so as to interest students in this at once beautiful and difficult subject. This third edition incorporates a number of updates and revisions, while retaining the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387979182
• ISBN13: 9780387979182
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"