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Potential theory

Lester L. Helms

(Universitext)

Springer, c2009

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Introduction to potential theory

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Note

"The first six chapters of this book are revised versions of the same chapters in the author's 1969 book, Introduction to potential theory."--Pref

Bibliography: p. 431-433

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book presents a clear path from calculus to classical potential theory and beyond with the aim of moving the reader into a fertile area of mathematical research as quickly as possible. The first half of the book develops the subject matter from first principles using only calculus. The second half comprises more advanced material for those with a senior undergraduate or beginning graduate course in real analysis. For specialized regions, solutions of Laplace's equation are constructed having prescribed normal derivatives on the flat portion of the boundary and prescribed values on the remaining portion of the boundary. By means of transformations known as diffeomorphisms, these solutions are morphed into local solutions on regions with curved boundaries. The Perron-Weiner-Brelot method is then used to construct global solutions for elliptic PDEs involving a mixture of prescribed values of a boundary differential operator on part of the boundary and prescribed values on the remainder of the boundary.

Table of Contents

Preliminaries.- Laplace's Equation.- The Dirichlet Problem.- Green Functions.- Negligible Sets.- Dirichlet Problem for Unbounded Regions.- Energy.- Interpolation and Monotonicity.- Newtonian Potential.- Elliptic Operators.- Apriori Bounds.- Oblique Derivative Problem.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA90447852
  • ISBN
    • 9781848823181
  • LCCN
    2009926475
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Dordrecht
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 441 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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