Applications of Green's Functions in Science and Engineering (Dover Books on Engineering)

Book Details:

• Publisher: Dover

• Author: Michael Greenberg

• Language: English

• Binding: Paperback

• Edition: First Edition

• ISBN: 9780486797960

• Number of Pages: 160

• Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches

• Format: Illustrated

• Release Date: 31-07-2015

About The Book:

Michael Greenberg’s Green’s Functions and Their Applications in Science and Engineering is a concise yet highly regarded introduction to Green's functions and their broad applications in science and engineering. Targeted at undergraduate and graduate students with a basic understanding of ordinary and partial differential equations, the book offers a thorough treatment of boundary value problems, generalized functions, and eigenfunction expansions. The text is structured into two parts: one focusing on applications to ordinary differential equations, covering topics like the adjoint operator, delta function, and the Green’s function method; and the other exploring applications to partial differential equations, particularly functions for the Laplace, Helmholtz, diffusion, and wave operators.

The text also includes a wealth of information on boundary value problems, generalized functions, and acoustics. The book is equipped with exercises, a suggested reading list, and a comprehensive index to support self-study. This edition, republished by Dover, is a valuable resource for those looking to deepen their understanding of Green’s functions in applied mathematics and engineering.