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Survey of applicable mathematics

Title
Survey of applicable mathematics / Karel Rektorys [translated by Rudolf Výborný et al.] English translation edited by staff of the Dept. of Mathematics, University of Surrey.
Author
Rektorys, Karel.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass., M.I.T. Press [1969]

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Výborný, Rudolf, 1928-
Description
1369 pages illustrations; 25 cm
Uniform Title
Prěhled užité matematiky. English
Alternative Title
Prěhled užité matematiky.
Subject
  • Engineering mathematics
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics
  • Engineering mathematics
  • Mathematik
  • Angewandte Mathematik
Note
  • Translation of Prěhled užité matematiky.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [1322]-1336.
Contents
  • Arithmetic and algebra -- Trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions. Hyperbolic and inverse hyperbolif functions -- Some formulae (Areas, circumferences, volumes, surfaces, centroids, moments of inertia) -- Plane curves and constructions -- Plane analytic geometry -- Solid analytic geometry -- Vector calculus -- Tensor calculus -- Differential geometry -- Sequences and series of constant terms. Infinite products -- Differential calculus of functions of a real variable -- Functions of two or more variables -- Integral calculus of functions of one variable -- Integral calculus of functions of two or more variables -- Sequences and series with variable terms (Sequences and series of functions) -- Orthogonal systems. Fourier Series. Some special functions (Bessel functions, etc.) -- Ordinary differential equations -- Partial differential equations -- Integral equations -- Functions of a complex variable -- Conformal mapping -- Some fundamental concepts from the theory of sets and functional analysis -- Calculus of variations -- Variational (direct) methods for solving boundary value problems of differential equations -- Approximate solution of ordinary differential equations -- Solution of partial differential equations by infinite series (by the Fourier Method) -- Solution of partial differential equations by the finite-difference method -- Integral transforms (operational calculus) -- Approximate solution of Fredholm integral equations -- Numerical methods in linear algebra.
  • Numerical solution of algebraic and transcendental equations -- Nomography and graphical analysis. Interpolation. Differences -- Probability theory -- Mathematical statistics -- Method of least squares. Fitting curves to empirical data. Elements of the calculus of observations.
ISBN
  • 0592039277
  • 9780592039275
LCCN
68025586
OCLC
  • ocm00010570
  • 10570
  • SCSB-251320
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library