Beginning Partial Differential Equations

by Peter V. O'Neil

Beginning Partial Differential Equations provides a challenging yet accessible introduction to partial differential equations for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Features include: * A discussion of first order equations and the method of characteristics for quasi-linear first order PDEs * Canonical forms of second order PDEs * Characteristics and the Cauchy problem * A proof of the Cauchy-Kowalevski theorem for linear systems...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471238872
• ISBN13: 9780471238874
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.6"