Practical Applied Mathematics
Practical Applied Mathematics
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USDDrawing from a wide variety of mathematical subjects, this book aims to show how mathematics is realised in practice in the everyday world. Dozens of applications are used to show that applied mathematics is much more than a series of academic calculations. Mathematical topics covered include distributions, ordinary and partial differential equations, and asymptotic methods as well as basics of modelling. The range of applications is similarly varied, from the modelling of hair to piano tuning, egg incubation and traffic flow. The style is informal but not superficial. In addition, the text is supplemented by a large number of exercises and sideline discussions, assisting the reader's grasp of the material. Used either in the classroom by upper-undergraduate students, or as extra reading for any applied mathematician, this book illustrates how the reader's knowledge can be used to describe the world around them.
- Integrated description of mathematics and modelling applied to problems based on work of world leading research group
- Text is littered with large case studies from a wide source of applications
- Detailed treatment of asymptotic methods, not usually found in textbooks
Reviews & endorsements
' … an entertainingly written book. The effective use of a large number of case studies, shows how mathematics can be used to help address serious real-world problems. this is demonstrated to such an extent that even the most sceptical engineer would have to concede that mathematics can be useful!' Mathematics Today
'Many exercises are the end of each chapter … it is shown in an interesting manner how mathematics can explain processes in nature and techniques … very useful for mathematicians and engineers.' ZAMM
' … a scenic but hands-on route through the classical topics of math modeling via PDEs … this book is an excellent example of the type of text needed for topics in modeling, analysis, and approximations, particularly in new areas that have spread in the forefront of applied math over the last few decades, such as imagining, stochastic modeling, optimization, and biological modeling.' SIAM
Product details
March 2005Paperback
9780521603690
340 pages
246 × 175 × 23 mm
0.59kg
20 b/w illus. 123 exercises
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Modelling Techniques:
- 1. The basics of modelling
- 2. Units, dimensions and dimensional analysis
- 3. Non-dimensionalisation
- 4. Case studies: hair modelling and cable laying
- 5. Case study: the thermistor (1)
- 6. Case study: electrostatic painting (1)
- Part II. Mathematical Techniques:
- 7. Partial differential equations
- 8. Case study: traffic modelling
- 9. Distributions
- 10. Theory of distributions
- 11. Case study: the pantograph
- Part III. Asymptotic techniques:
- 12. Asymptotic expansions
- 13. Regular perturbation expansions
- 14. Case study: electrostatic painting (2)
- 15. Case study: piano tuning
- 16. Boundary layers
- 17. Case study: the thermistor (2)
- 18. 'Lubrication theory' analysis
- 19. Case study: continuous casting of steel
- 20. Lubrication theory for fluids
- 21. Case study: eggs
- 22. Methods for oscillators
- 23. Ray theory and other 'exponential' approaches.
