Practical applied mathematics : modelling, analysis, approximation / Sam Howison.

Author/creator Howison, Sam
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Descriptionxiv, 326 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesCambridge texts in applied mathematics
Cambridge texts in applied mathematics.
Contents The basics of modelling -- Units, dimensions and dimensional analysis -- Nondimensionalisation -- Case studies: hair modelling and cable laying -- Case study: the thermistor (1) -- Case study: electrostatic painting (1) -- Partial differential equations -- Case study: traffic modelling -- The delta function and other distributions -- Theory of distributions -- Case study: the pantograph -- Asymptotic expansions -- Regular perturbation expansions -- Case study: electrostatic painting (2) -- Case study: piano tuning -- Boundary layers -- Case study: the thermistor (2) -- 'Lubrication theory' analysis in long thin domains -- Case study: continuous casting of steel -- Lubrication theory for fluids -- Case study: turning of eggs during incubation -- Multiple scales and other methods for nonlinear oscillators -- Ray theory and the WKB method.
Local noteLittle-346535--305131051914X
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 318-320) and index.
LCCN 2004057547
ISBN0521842743
ISBN9780521842747
ISBN0521603692 (pbk.)
ISBN9780521603690 (pbk.)

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