Methods of Applied Mathematics III - SYLLABUS
TOPIC
TEXT
EXERCISES
Review of linear analysis
and differential equations
Chapter 1,§3.1, §4.4,
§4.5, §3.2, §3.3
1.37,1.39,4.44,
4.51,4.55
Introduction to asymptotics;
Bessel and Airy functions
§§3.4 -- 3.7
Asymptotic solutions to nonlinear DEs
§§ 4.1 -- 4.3
Asymptotic expansion of integrals
§§ 6.1 -- 6.4
Stationary phase; steepest descent
§§ 6.5 --6.6
Perturbation theory;
matched asymptotic expansions
§§ 7.1 --7.4
Boundary layer theory
Chapter 9
WKB theory
Chapter 10
Multiple-scale analysis
Chapter 11
Averaging
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