Green's functions and boundary value problems. Stakgold I., Holst M.

Green's functions and boundary value problems


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Green's functions and boundary value problems Stakgold I., Holst M.
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"No doubt this textbook will be useful for both students and research workers. Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Line, Surface and Volume integrals, Stokes, Gauss and Green's theorems. Boundary-value problems of elliptic equations may have many different mathematical formulations, equivalent in principle but not equally efficient in practice. (2012) Universal Natural Shapes: From Unifying Shape Description to Simple Methods for Shape Analysis and Boundary Value Problems. The representations are given in the form of integral convolutions involving a Green's function for the parabolic heat conduction equation, as well as Green's function for the isothermal elastodynamics. The method is to use Green's identity and Green's second formula to transform the problem to another specialized Dirichlet boundary-value problem. Semi-infinite cylindrical domains with curvilinear surfaces placed at infinity and subject to mixed boundary conditions on the plane boundaries are obtained. In the process, we naturally derive Green's function. Differential equations: First order equation (linear and nonlinear), Higher order linear differential equations with constant coefficients, Method of variation of parameters, Cauchy's and Euler's equations, Initial and boundary value problems, Partial Differential Equations and variable separable method. Abstract: In this thesis, we take kinetic equations as examples to consider how the Green's func-tion method is applied to the initial-boundary value problem and equations with non-constantcoefficients. Form solutions for any such domains, thus substitutes for a variety of methods (such as Green's functions approximation by least squares techniques, conformal mapping or solution of the boundary integral equation by iterative methods) avoiding the cumbersome computational methods of finite differences and finite elements. "This book is an excellent introduction to the wide field of boundary value problems."—Journal of Engineering Mathematics. The kernel K has the advantage of being self-adjoint and is derived from the Green's function by double differentiation so is highly singular. For example, Neumann problem of Laplace equations (1),(2) is equivalent to the u to the orginal problem is to be solved and gives u through the integral formula(8).