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PART I Application to Ordinary Differential Equations |
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Operators; linearity; superposition |
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6 | (5) |
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Formal adjoint; adjoint; formal self-adjointness; self-adjointness; inner product |
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11 | (10) |
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Introduction to generalized functions; delta function; Heaviside function |
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4 The Green's Function Method |
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Development of Green's function method; symmetry property; Fourier transform; generalized Green's function; integral equations |
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22 | (5) |
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Example 2 A More Complicated Operator |
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27 | (3) |
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Example 3 Infinite Beam on Elastic Foundation |
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30 | (3) |
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Example 4 A Bessel Equation |
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33 | (3) |
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Example 5 The Generalized Green's Function |
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36 | (6) |
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5 The Eigenfunction Method |
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42 | (8) |
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Eigenvalue problem; Sturm-Liouville systems; orthogonality; completeness; Fourier series; expansion of Green's function |
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Application of Eigenfunction Method |
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46 | (4) |
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50 | (2) |
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Summary of the Green's function procedure for ordinary differential equations |
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PART II Application to Partial Differential Equations |
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52 | (4) |
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General second order linear equation with two independent variables; classification; examples |
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56 | (4) |
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Formal adjoint; adjoint; formal self-adjointness; self-adjointness; inner product |
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60 | (1) |
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Two-dimensional delta function |
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4 The Green's Function Method |
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61 | (2) |
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Outline of method; principal solutions; "splitting" technique |
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63 | (8) |
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Calculation of principal solutions; Fourier transform |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (4) |
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6 Green's Function Method For The Laplace Operator |
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71 | (22) |
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Images; conformal mapping; Poisson integral formula; symmetry; Dirichlet, Neumann, and mixed boundary conditions |
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72 | (9) |
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81 | (3) |
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Example 3 Mixed Boundary Conditions |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (7) |
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7 Green's Function Method For The Helmholtz Operator |
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93 | (6) |
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Separation of variables; radiation condition; images |
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Example 1 Vibrating Circular Membrane |
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93 | (1) |
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Example 2 Acoustic Radiation |
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94 | (5) |
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8 Green's Function Method For The Diffusion Operator |
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99 | (5) |
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Example 1 Semi-infinite Rod |
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99 | (5) |
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9 Green's Function Method For The Wave Operator |
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104 | (2) |
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Example 1 Doubly-infinite String |
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105 | (1) |
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10 The Eigenfunction Method |
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106 | (6) |
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Illustration of the method |
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Example 1 Poisson Equation for a Rectangle |
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106 | (6) |
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112 | (18) |
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More than two independent variables; higher order equations; images; Poisson integral formula; Laplace transform; Lienard-Wiechert potential; plate theory |
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Example 1 Laplace Operator in Three Dimensions |
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112 | (4) |
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Example 2 Two- and Three-Dimensional Acoustics |
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116 | (9) |
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Example 3 Biharmonic Equation |
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125 | (5) |
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130 | (3) |
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Summary of the Green's function procedure for partial differential equations |
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Errata |
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133 | (2) |
Suggested Reading |
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Index |
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