Ward Cheney - Böcker

This textbook is designed for a course at the beginning graduate level, serving students of mathematics, engineering, physics, and other sciences. Its goal is to provide the analytical tools, concepts, and viewpoints needed for modern applied mathematics. The book begins with a gentle introduction to normed linear spaces and Hilbert spaces, taking the reader as far as the Spectral Theorem for compact normal operators on a Hilbert space. It then discusses calculus in normed linear spaces, leading up to topics in the calculus of variations and optimization theory.Next, the book treats various practical methods for solving problems that arise in applied mathematics, such as differential equations, boundary value problems, and integral equations. Here the reader finds the Galerkin method, the method of iteration, Newton's method, projection techniques, homotopy methods, and other pragmatic approaches to the difficult equations confronting applied mathematicians. To prepare the reader for work in the modern theory of partial differential equations, the subject of distributions is taken up next.A chapter on the Fourier transform and its applications follows, and includes a section on Sobolev spaces. Another chapter discusses topics that are related to those in the earlier parts of the book but are more specialized, such as separation theorems, selection theorems, Fredholm theory, and linear topological spaces. The final chapter provides a concise account of measure theory and integration.

This book introduces students with diverse backgrounds to various types of mathematical analysis that are commonly needed in scientific computing. The subject of numerical analysis is treated from a mathematical point of view, offering a complete analysis of methods for scientific computing with appropriate motivations and careful proofs. In an engaging and informal style, the authors demonstrate that many computational procedures and intriguing questions of computer science arise from theorems and proofs. Algorithms are presented in pseudocode, so that students can immediately write computer programs in standard languages or use interactive mathematical software packages. This book occasionally touches upon more advanced topics that are not usually contained in standard textbooks at this level.

This book evolved from a course at our university for beginning graduate stu­ dents in mathematics-particularly students who intended to specialize in ap­ plied mathematics. The content of the course made it attractive to other math­ ematics students and to graduate students from other disciplines such as en­ gineering, physics, and computer science. Since the course was designed for two semesters duration, many topics could be included and dealt with in de­ tail. Chapters 1 through 6 reflect roughly the actual nature of the course, as it was taught over a number of years. The content of the course was dictated by a syllabus governing our preliminary Ph. D. examinations in the subject of ap­ plied mathematics. That syllabus, in turn, expressed a consensus of the faculty members involved in the applied mathematics program within our department. The text in its present manifestation is my interpretation of that syllabus: my colleagues are blameless for whatever flaws are present and for any inadvertent deviations from the syllabus. The book contains two additional chapters having important material not included in the course: Chapter 8, on measure and integration, is for the ben­ efit of readers who want a concise presentation of that subject, and Chapter 7 contains some topics closely allied, but peripheral, to the principal thrust of the course. This arrangement of the material deserves some explanation.