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Fourier Analysis and Boundary Value Problems

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This book is very complete and comprehensive. It is meant for the advanced undergraduate (and even graduate) student. The book states it assumes you know the 1st year of calculus and how to solve some ordinary differential equations. It would help if you took one more upper division math class, as to be familiar with the proofs.

In a nutshell, this book is great! I used it to study for my PhD Quals in physics. It has a nice portion on Green's functions. The book is 'mathematical' but the backdrop on the topics are based on physical problems. The historical notes are great, and act as a complement to the physical problems (I'm not a big fan of history in textbooks, but this book does a nice job of integrating it).

Lots of problems are given, though no solutions are given for any of them. It would be a nice compliment to at least show the start, a tid bit in the middle, and then the solution. The solution at the very least. There are other books that do provide solutions to the types of problems listed here, but it would be nice just to carry around this one when learning boundary value problems.

A must for anyone that works on any problems that have ODEs, PDEs, Fourier and Laplace transforms, Boundary Value Problems and Green's Functions. You won't be disappointed!

This is an excellent introduction to Fourier series and its
applications to boundary value problems. It has a very good combination of history, theory,and exercises. In particular,
the book is an ideal text for math students who are taking
their first PDE course and do not have enough backgound in physics. The only problem with this book is its high price.

I had Professor Gonzalez for my applied math class and we used this book. while is a unique take, including history and background, the subject matter remained unclear at times. It is hard to grasp as a sophmore in college and it goes to fast in a classroom setting. While I agree that other professor's should use this book as a reference tool, I have experienced it first-hand in the classroom and it caused more confusion than anything else.

This is one of the best book from which to learn the subject, as it covers all the topics with great clarity and includes historical developement which makes for great reading. The coverage is mathematical rigorous but yet well-written enough that an advance undergrad. would have no problem in learning the material for the 1st time from this book. The only drawback to this book is that there is no answer for any exercise (no solution manual available either). Learn the mathematics here and use other books for exercise.

I was confused with so many books on PDEs and found this book God sent.If you ask me buy this book if you are looking for a serious book on PDEs with lucid explanations and problem solving techniques this is the book. Though the answers for the problems aren't given, you will love doing problems, I studied this book for my PhD quals.Enjoy it, savor it.