Linear Methods of Applied Mathematics
Orthogonal series, boundary-value problems, and integral operators

Evans M. Harrell II and James V. Herod

(c) Copyright 1994,1995,1996, 1997 by Evans M. Harrell II and James V. Herod. All rights reserved.

This is a WWW textbook written by Evans M. Harrell II and James V. Herod, both of Georgia Tech. It is suitable for a first course on partial differential equations, Fourier series and special functions, and integral equations. Students are expected to have completed two years of calculus and an introduction to ordinary differential equations and vector spaces. For recommended 10-week and 15-week syllabuses, read the preface.

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Contents


     Preface
     Diagnostic quiz

       Please take this before embarking on a course from this book.

       Links to review materials on ordinary differential equations and linear algebra

I.    Linearity
II.   The geometry of functions

       The red syllabus and the yellow syllabus continue with Chapter III
       The green syllabus continues with Chapter XII

III.   Fourier series. Introduction.
IV.   Calculating Fourier series.
      A test at this stage.
V.    Differentiating Fourier series.

       The red syllabus continues with Chapter VI
       The yellow syllabus continues with Chapter XII

VI.   Notes on a vibrating string.
VII.  Traveling waves.
      A test at this stage.
VIII. Mathematics of hot rods.
IX.   PDEs in space.
X.    PDEs on a disk.
      A test at this stage.
XI.   Great balls of PDEs.

       End of the red syllabus.

XII.  Geometry and integral operators.
XIII. Solving Y = KY + f.
      A test at this stage.
XIV. Ordinary differential operators.
XV.  Finding Green functions for ODEs.
      A test at this stage.
XVI. Partial differential operators - classification and adjoints.
XVII. The free Green function and the method of images
      A test at this stage.
XVIII.  Using conformal mapping to construct Green functions.
XIX.  Some advanced topics.
APPENDICES
Index and glossary.

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