TY  - BOOK
AU  - John, Fritz.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Partial Differential Equations
T2  - Applied Mathematical Sciences,
SN  - 9781461599661
AV  - QA299.6-433 
U1  - 515 23
PY  - 1971///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Springer New York, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Mathematical analysis
KW  - Analysis (Mathematics)
KW  - Applied mathematics
KW  - Engineering mathematics
KW  - Analysis
KW  - Applications of Mathematics
N1  - I — The Single First Order Equation -- 1. The linear and quasi-linear equations -- 2. The general first order equation for a function of two variables -- 3. The general first order equation for a function of n independent variables -- II — The Cauchy Problem for Higher Order Equations -- 1. Analytic functions of several real variables -- 2. Formulation of the Cauchy problem. The notion of characteristics -- 3. The Cauchy problem for the general non-linear equation -- 4. The Cauchy-Kowalewsky theorem -- III — Second Order Equations with Constant Coefficients -- 1. Equations in two independent variables. Canonical forms -- 2. The one-dimensional wave equation -- 3. The wave equation in higher dimensions. Method of spherical means.Method of descent -- 4. The inhomogeneous wave equation by Duhamel’s principle -- 5. The potential equation in two dimensions -- 6. The Dirichlet problem -- 7. The Green’s function and the fundamental solution -- 8. Equations related to the potential equation -- 9. Continuation of harmonic functions -- 10. The heat equation -- IV — The Cauchy Problem for Linear Hyperbolic Equations in General -- 1. Riemann’s method of integration -- 2. Higher order equations in two independent variables -- 3. The method of plane waves -- List of Books Recommended for Further Study
N2  - These Notes grew out of a course given by the author in 1952-53. Though the field of Partial Differential Equations has changed considerably since those days, particularly under the impact of methods taken from Functional Analysis, the author feels that the introductory material offered here still is basic for an understanding of the subject. It supplies the necessary intuitive foundation which motivates and anticipates abstract formulations of the questions and relates them to the description of natual phenomena. In the present edition, only minor corrections have been made in the text. An Index and up-to-date listing of books recommended for further study have been added. Fritz John New York November 19, 1970 v TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduetion 1 CHAPl'ER I - TEE SINGLE FIRST ORDER EQUATION 1. The linear and quasi-linear equations. 6 The general first order equation for a funetion 2. of two variables. • • • • • • • • • 15 The general first order equation for a funetion 3. of n independent variables. • • • • • 37 CHAPl'ER II - TEE CAUCIIT PROBLEM FOR HIGEER ORDER EQUATIONS 1. Analytie funetions of several real variables • Formulation of the Cauehy problem. The not ion 2. of eharaeteristies. • • • 54 3. The Cauehy problem for the general non-linear equation. 71 4. The Cauehy-Kowalewsky theorem. 76 CHAPl'ER 111 - SECOND ORDER EQUATIONS WITH CONSTANT COEFFICIENTS 1. Equations in two independent variables
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