This text is a concise introduction to the partial differential
equations which change from elliptic to hyperbolic type across a
smooth hypersurface of their domain. These are becoming increasingly
important in diverse sub-fields of both applied mathematics and
engineering, for example: • The heating of fusion plasmas by
electromagnetic waves • The behaviour of light near a caustic •
Extremal surfaces in the space of special relativity • The formation
of rapids; transonic and multiphase fluid flow • The dynamics of
certain models for elastic structures • The shape of industrial
surfaces such as windshields and airfoils • Pathologies of traffic
flow • Harmonic fields in extended projective space They also
arise in models for the early universe, for cosmic acceleration, and
for possible violation of causality in the interiors of certain
compact stars. Within the past 25 years, they have become central to
the isometric embedding of Riemannian manifolds and the prescription
of Gauss curvature for surfaces: topics in pure mathematics which
themselves have important applications. Elliptic−Hyperbolic
Partial Differential Equations is derived from a mini-course given at
the ICMS Workshop on Differential Geometry and Continuum Mechanics
held in Edinburgh, Scotland in June 2013. The focus on geometry in
that meeting is reflected in these notes, along with the focus on
quasilinear equations. In the spirit of the ICMS workshop, this course
is addressed both to applied mathematicians and to
mathematically-oriented engineers. The emphasis is on very recent
applications and methods, the majority of which have not previously
appeared in book form.
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A Mini-Course in Geometric and Quasilinear Methods
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783319197616
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Springer Nature
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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