Preface |
Introduction to Partial Differential Equations / 1: |
Partial Differential Equations / 1.1: |
Equations and Solutions / 1.1.1: |
Classification / 1.1.2: |
Linear versus Nonlinear / 1.1.3: |
Linear Equations / 1.1.4: |
Conservation Laws / 1.2: |
One Dimension / 1.2.1: |
Higher Dimensions / 1.2.2: |
Constitutive Relations / 1.3: |
Initial and Boundary Value Problems / 1.4: |
Waves / 1.5: |
Traveling Waves / 1.5.1: |
Plane Waves / 1.5.2: |
Plane Waves and Transforms / 1.5.3: |
Nonlinear Dispersion / 1.5.4: |
First-Order Equations and Characteristics / 2: |
Linear First-Order Equations / 2.1: |
Advection Equation / 2.1.1: |
Variable Coefficients / 2.1.2: |
Nonlinear Equations / 2.2: |
Quasilinear Equations / 2.3: |
The General Solution / 2.3.1: |
Propagation of Singularities / 2.4: |
General First-Order Equation / 2.5: |
Complete Integral / 2.5.1: |
A Uniqueness Result / 2.6: |
Models in Biology / 2.7: |
Age Structure / 2.7.1: |
Structured Predator-Prey Model / 2.7.2: |
Chemotherapy / 2.7.3: |
Mass Structure / 2.7.4: |
Size-Dependent Predation / 2.7.5: |
Weak Solutions to Hyperbolic Equations / 3: |
Discontinuous Solutions / 3.1: |
Jump Conditions / 3.2: |
Rarefaction Waves / 3.2.1: |
Shock Propagation / 3.2.2: |
Shock Formation / 3.3: |
Applications / 3.4: |
Traffic Flow / 3.4.1: |
Plug Flow Chemical Reactors / 3.4.2: |
Weak Solutions: A Formal Approach / 3.5: |
Asymptotic Behavior of Shocks / 3.6: |
Equal-Area Principle / 3.6.1: |
Shock Fitting / 3.6.2: |
Asymptotic Behavior / 3.6.3: |
Hyperbolic Systems / 4: |
Shallow-Water Waves; Gas Dynamics / 4.1: |
Shallow-Water Waves / 4.1.1: |
Small-Amplitude Approximation / 4.1.2: |
Gas Dynamics / 4.1.3: |
Hyperbolic Systems and Characteristics / 4.2: |
The Riemann Method / 4.2.1: |
Jump Conditions for Systems / 4.3.1: |
Breaking Dam Problem / 4.3.2: |
Receding Wall Problem / 4.3.3: |
Formation of a Bore / 4.3.4: |
Hodographs and Wavefronts / 4.3.5: |
Hodograph Transformation / 4.4.1: |
Wavefront Expansions / 4.4.2: |
Weakly Nonlinear Approximations / 4.5: |
Derivation of Burgers' Equation / 4.5.1: |
Diffusion Processes / 5: |
Diffusion and Random Motion / 5.1: |
Similarity Methods / 5.2: |
Nonlinear Diffusion Models / 5.3: |
Reaction-Diffusion; Fisher's Equation / 5.4: |
Traveling Wave Solutions / 5.4.1: |
Perturbation Solution / 5.4.2: |
Stability of Traveling Waves / 5.4.3: |
Nagumo's Equation / 5.4.4: |
Advection-Diffusion; Burgers' Equation / 5.5: |
Traveling Wave Solution / 5.5.1: |
Initial Value Problem / 5.5.2: |
Asymptotic Solution to Burgers' Equation / 5.6: |
Evolution of a Point Source / 5.6.1: |
Dynamical Systems / Appendix: |
Reaction-Diffusion Systems / 6: |
Reaction-Diffusion Models / 6.1: |
Predator-Prey Model / 6.1.1: |
Combustion / 6.1.2: |
Chemotaxis / 6.1.3: |
Model for the Spread of a Disease / 6.2: |
Contaminant Transport in Groundwater / 6.2.2: |
Existence of Solutions / 6.3: |
Fixed-Point Iteration / 6.3.1: |
Semilinear Equations / 6.3.2: |
Normed Linear Spaces / 6.3.3: |
General Existence Theorem / 6.3.4: |
Maximum Principles and Comparison Theorems / 6.4: |
Maximum Principles / 6.4.1: |
Comparison Theorems / 6.4.2: |
Energy Estimates and Asymptotic Behavior / 6.5: |
Calculus Inequalities / 6.5.1: |
Energy Estimates / 6.5.2: |
Invariant Sets / 6.5.3: |
Pattern Formation / 6.6: |
Equilibrium Models / 7: |
Elliptic Models / 7.1: |
Theoretical Results / 7.2: |
Maximum Principle / 7.2.1: |
Existence Theorem / 7.2.2: |
Eigenvalue Problems / 7.3: |
Linear Eigenvalue Problems / 7.3.1: |
Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems / 7.3.2: |
Stability and Bifurcation / 7.4: |
Ordinary Differential Equations / 7.4.1: |
References / 7.4.2: |
Index |
PDEs and Solutions |
Linear vs. Nonlinear |
Quasi-linear Equations |
The general solution |
Uniqueness Result |
Age-Structure |
Structured predator-prey model |
Mass structure |
Size-dependent predation |
Weak Solutions To Hyperbolic Equations |
Shallow Water Waves; Gas Dynamics |
Shallow Water Waves |
Contaminant transport in groundwater |
Semi-Linear Equations |
Preface |
Introduction to Partial Differential Equations / 1: |
Partial Differential Equations / 1.1: |
Equations and Solutions / 1.1.1: |
Classification / 1.1.2: |
Linear versus Nonlinear / 1.1.3: |