Asymptotic analysis of differential equations / Roscoe B. White.

Author
White, R. B. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Rev. ed.
Published/​Created
London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific, 2010.
Description
xxiii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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        Summary note
        This text gives the practical means of finding asymptotic solutions to differential equations, and relates WKB mrthods, integral solutions, Kruskal-Newton diagrams, and boundary layer theory to one another.
        Notes
        Previous ed.: 2005.
        Bibliographic references
        Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-400) and index.
        Contents
        • Dominant balance
        • Exact solutions
        • Complex variables
        • Local approximate solutions
        • Phase-integral methods I
        • Perturbation theory
        • Asymptotic evaluation of integrals
        • The Euler Gamma function
        • Integral solutions
        • Expansion in basis functions
        • Airy
        • Phase-integral methods II
        • Bessel
        • Weber and Hermite
        • Whittaker and Watson
        • Inhomogeneous differential equations
        • The Riemann Zeta function
        • Boundary layer problems.
        ISBN
        • 9781848166080 ((pbk.))
        • 1848166087 ((pbk.))
        • 9781848166073 ((hbk.))
        • 1848166079 ((hbk.))
        LCCN
        2011280218
        OCLC
        646400505
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