Delta functions : an introduction to generalised functions

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Delta functions : an introduction to generalised functions

R.F. Hoskins

Woodhead Pub., 2011, c2010

2nd ed

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"First published by Horwood Publishing Limited, 1999. Second edition 2009. Reprinted by Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2011"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Delta Functions has now been updated, restructured and modernised into a second edition, to answer specific difficulties typically found by students encountering delta functions for the first time. In particular, the treatment of the Laplace transform has been revised with this in mind. The chapter on Schwartz distributions has been considerably extended and the book is supplemented by a fuller review of Nonstandard Analysis and a survey of alternative infinitesimal treatments of generalised functions. Dealing with a difficult subject in a simple and straightforward way, the text is readily accessible to a broad audience of scientists, mathematicians and engineers. It can be used as a working manual in its own right, and serves as a preparation for the study of more advanced treatises. Little more than a standard background in calculus is assumed, and attention is focused on techniques, with a liberal selection of worked examples and exercises.

Table of Contents

1. Results from Elementary Analysis 2. The Dirac Delta Function 3. Properties of the Delta Function 4. Time-invariant Linear Systems 5. The Laplace Transform 6. Fourier Series and Transforms 7. Other Generalised Functions 8. Introduction to distributions 9. Integration Theory 10. Introduction to N.S.A 11. Nonstandard Generalised Functions

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