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This book is a survey of asymptotic methods set in the current applied research context of wave propagation. It stresses rigorous analysis in addition to formal manipulations. Asymptotic expansions developed in the text are justified rigorously, and students are shown how to obtain solid error estimates for asymptotic formulae. The book relates examples and exercises to subjects of current research interest, such as the problem of locating the zeros of Taylor polynomials of entire nonvanishing functions and the problem of counting integer lattice points in subsets of the plane with various geometrical properties of the boundary.The book is intended for a beginning graduate course on asymptotic analysis in applied mathematics and is aimed at students of pure and applied mathematics as well as science and engineering. The basic prerequisite is a background in differential equations, linear algebra, advanced calculus, and complex variables at the level of introductory undergraduate courses on these subjects. The book is ideally suited to the needs of a graduate student who, on the one hand, wants to learn basic applied mathematics, and on the other, wants to understand what is needed to make the various arguments rigorous. Down here in the Village, this is known as the Courant point of view!! - Percy Deift, Courant Institute, New York.Peter D. Miller is an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He earned a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona and has held positions at the Australian National University (Canberra) and Monash University (Melbourne). His current research interests lie in singular limits for integrable systems.

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Author:   Peter D. Miller
Publisher:   American Mathematical Society
Imprint:   American Mathematical Society
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   No. 75
Weight:   1.360kg
ISBN:  

9780821840788

ISBN 10:   0821840789
Pages:   467
Publication Date:   30 June 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Fundamentals: Themes of asymptotic analysis The nature of asymptotic approximations Asymptotic analysis of exponential integrals: Fundamental techniques for integrals Laplace's method for asymptotic expansions of integrals The method of steepest descents for asymptotic expansions of integrals The method of stationary phase for asymptotic analysis of oscillatory integrals Asymptotic analysis of differential equations: Asymptotic behavior of solutions of linear second-order differential equations in the complex plane Introduction to asymptotics of solutions of ordinary differential equations with respect to parameters Asymptotics of linear boundary-value problems Asymptotics of oscillatory phenomena Weakly nonlinear waves Appendix: Fundamental inequalities Bibliography Index of names Subject index.

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