Table of Contents

A. An Overview of the Interaction of Mathematics and Natural Science: 1. What is applied mathematics?; 2. Deterministic systems and ordinary differential equations; 3. Random processes and ial differential equations; 4. Superposition, heat flow, and Fourier analysis; 5. Further developments in Fourier analysis; B. Some Fundamental Procedures Illustrated on Ordinary Differential Equations: 6. Simplification, dimensional analysis, and scaling; 7. Regular perturbation theory; 8. Illustration of techniques on a physiological flow problem; 9. Introduction to singular perturbation theory; 10. Singular perturbation theory applied to a problem in biochemical kinetics; 11. Three techniques applied to the simple pendulum; C. Introduction to Theories of Continuous Fields: 12. Longitudinal motion of a bar; 13. The continuous medium; 14. Field equations of continuum mechanics; 15. Inviscid fluid flow; 16. Potential theory.

Promotional Information

This book addresses the construction, analysis, and intepretation of mathematical models that reveal significant problems in the physical sciences.

Reviews

'The words 'applied mathematics' decorate the covers of many books these days, but precious little of the practice of applied mathematics seeps through into the pages bound between those covers. Of the select few that do indeed introduce the reader to applied mathematics, this book may well be the best. I know of none better.' Paul Davis, American Mathematical Monthly