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One of the most fundamental and active areas in mathematics, the theory of partial differential equations (PDEs) is essential in the modeling of natural phenomena. PDEs have a wide range of interesting and important applications in every branch of applied mathematics, physics, and engineering, including fluid dynamics, elasticity, and optics. This significantly expanded fourth edition is designed as an introduction to the theory and applications of linear PDEs. The authors provide fundamental concepts, underlying principles, a wide range of applications, and various methods of solutions to PDEs. In addition to essential standard material on the subject, the book contains new material that is not usually covered in similar texts and reference books, including conservation laws, the spherical wave equation, the cylindrical wave equation, higher-dimensional boundary-value problems, the finite element method, fractional partial differential equations, and nonlinear partial differential equations with applications.

Índice: Preface to the Fourth Edition.- Preface to the Third Edition.- Introduction.- First-Order, Quasi-Linear Equations and Method of Characteristics.- Mathematical Models.- Classification of Second-Order Linear Equations.- The Cauchy Problem and Wave Equations.- Fourier Series and Integrals with Applications.- Method of Separation of Variables.- Eigenvalue Problems and Special Functions.- Boundary-Value Problems and Applications.- Higher Dimensional Boundary-Value Problems.- Green's Functions and Boundary-Value Problems.- Integral Transform Methods with Applications.- Nonlinear Partial Differential Equatio... Etc.