An Elementary Treatise on Fourier's Series: and Spherical, Cylindrical, and Ellipsoidal Harmonics, with Applications to Problems in Mathematical Physics (Dover Books on Mathematics) [Hardcover]

William Elwood Byerly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2003 | Series: Dover Books on Mathematics

One of the most useful and practical expositions of Fourier's series, and spherical, cylindrical, and ellipsoidal harmonics, this classic offers a basic but thorough treatment of material that is assumed in many other studies but rarely available in concise form. Includes 190 problems, approximately half with answers. 1893 edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (December 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486495469
• ISBN-13: 978-0486495460
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,517,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars few graphs, many examples, January 28, 2006

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This review is from: An Elementary Treatise on Fourier's Series: and Spherical, Cylindrical, and Ellipsoidal Harmonics, with Applications to Problems in Mathematical Physics (Dover Books on Mathematics) (Hardcover)

Another in Dover's series of reissues of long out of print books. Here we get Byerly's masterful text on Fourier analysis. A century old. But the notation is essentially still used today. The font is old fashioned. Since partly to save costs, Dover did a photoreproduction of the original text, instead of resetting the text.

Another thing to note is that there are very few graphs, as compared to a modern book. Typical of texts of its time. But numerous examples are worked out, and you can profitably go through these.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars First treatise of math problem, March 15, 2006

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This review is from: An Elementary Treatise on Fourier's Series: and Spherical, Cylindrical, and Ellipsoidal Harmonics, with Applications to Problems in Mathematical Physics (Dover Books on Mathematics) (Hardcover)

It' s important text to start study theory of thermal flow in one or two dimension. We can find a ease application of ellipsoidal harmonics and we have many examples that help the student to understand the math problem.