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to Deterministic Problems
in the Natural Sciences
b
d
C. C- Lin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
L A. Segel
Weizmarin Institute of Science
G. H- Handelman
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
S1HJTL.
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
ULB Darmstadt
Philadelphia
6595756
Contents
PART A
A N OVERVIEW OF THE I N T E R A C T I O N OF
MATHEMATICS A N D N A T U R A L SCIENCE
CHAPTER 1
W H A T Is A P P L I E D MATHEMATICS?
1.3
CHAPTER 2
DETERMINISTIC SYSTEMS A N D O R D I N A R Y
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
36
xvi
Contents
2.2
2.3
CHAPTER 3
RANDOM PROCESSES A N D PARTIAL
DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS
3.1
71
3.2
3.3
3.4
O and o symbols
112
Contents
xvii
CHAPTER 4
SUPERPOSITION, HEAT F L O W , AND FOURIER A N A L Y S I S
114
137
Fourier series for the constant function 138 / Fourier series for the linear
function 139 f Fourier series for the quadratic function 139 / Integration and
differentiation of Fourier series 139 / Gibbs phenomenon 141 \ Approximation
with least squared error 144 / BesseVs inequality and ParsevaVs theorem 146 /
Riesz-Fischer theorem 147 / Applications of ParsevaVs theorem 147
CHAPTER 5
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN FOURIER A N A L Y S I S
150
5.3
5.4
xviii
Contents
PART B
SOME FUNDAMENTAL PROCEDURES
ILLUSTRATED ON ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS
CHAPTER 6
SIMPLIFICATION, DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS, AND SCALING
185
62
6.3
Scaling 209
Definition of scaling 211 / Scaling the projectile problem 211} Order of
magnitude 213 / Scaling known functions 214 / Orthodoxy 218 f Scaling and
perturbation theory 221 / Scaling unknown functions 222
CHAPTER 7
REGULAR PERTURBATION T H E O R Y
225
7.1
7.2
CHAPTER 8
ILLUSTRATION OF TECHNIQUES ON A PHYSIOLOGICAL F L O W
PROBLEM
244
Contents
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CHAPTER 9
INTRODUCTION TO SINGULAR PERTURBATION THEORY
277
C H A P T E R 10
S I N G U L A R P E R T U R B A T I O N T H E O R Y A P P L I E D TO A P R O B L E M
IN BIOCHEMICAL KINETICS
302
308
321
xx
Contents
PART C
I N T R O D U C T I O N TO THEORIES OF C O N T I N U O U S
FIELDS
CHAPTER 12
LONGITUDINAL MOTION OF A BAR
349
12.3
12.4
CHAPTER 13
T H E CONTINUOUS M E D I U M
412
APPENDIX
A P P E N D I X 13.3
Similar regions
436
Contents
xxi
CHAPTER 14
F I E L D EQUATIONS OF CONTINUUM MECHANICS
440
14.3
14.4
APPENDIX
CHAPTER 15
INVISCID F L U I D F L O W
505
15.3
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15.4
Contents
Uniform flow past a circular cylinder 551
Formulation 551 / Solution by separation of variables 553 / Interpretation of
solution 555
A P P E N D I X 15.1 A proof of D'Alembert's paradox in the
three-dimensional case 560
A P P E N D I X 15.2
CHAPTER
563
16
POTENTIAL THEORY
566
16.1
16.2
16.3
BlBUOGRAPHY
589
SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
UPDATED MATERIAL
595
598
600
AUTHORS CITED
604
SUBJECT INDEX
605