Differential equations:linear, nonlinear, ordinary, partial

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: King A. C.
Group Author: Otto S. R.; (Stephen Robert)
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge New York
Publication Dates: 2003.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xi, 541 p.: ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 0521816580 (hbk.)
0521016878 (pbk.)
Index Number: O175
CLC: O175
Call Number: O175/K521
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 534-535) and index.
Part one: Linear equations -- 1. Variable coefficient, second order, linear, ordinary differential equations -- 2. Legendre functions -- 3. Bessel functions -- 4. Boundary value problems, Green's functions and Sturm-Liouville theory -- 5. Fourier series and the fourier transform -- 6. Laplace transforms -- 7. Classification, properties and complex variable methods for second order partial differential equations -- Part two: Nonlinear equations and advanced techniques -- 8. Existence, uniqueness, continuity and comparison of solutions of ordinary differential equations -- 9. Nonlinear ordinary differential equations: Phase plane methods -- 10. Group theoretical methods -- 11. Asymptotic methods: Basic ideas -- 12. Asymptotic methods: Differential equations -- 13. Stability, instability and bifurcations -- 14. Time-optimal control in the phase plane -- 15. Introduction to chaotic systems.