Applied Mathematics

Praise for the Third Edition

"Future mathematicians, scientists, and engineers should
find the book to be an excellent introductory text for coursework
or self-study as well as worth its shelf space for
reference."

--MAA Reviews

Applied Mathematics, Fourth Edition is a thoroughly updated and
revised edition on the applications of modeling and analyzing
natural, social, and technological processes. The book covers a
wide range of key topics in mathematical methods and modeling and
highlights the connections between mathematics and the applied and
natural sciences.

The Fourth Edition covers both standard and modern
topics, including scaling and dimensional analysis; regular and
singular perturbation; calculus of variations; Green's
functions and integral equations; nonlinear wave propagation; and
stability and bifurcation. The book provides extended coverage of
mathematical biology, including biochemical kinetics, epidemiology,
viral dynamics, and parasitic disease. In addition, the new edition
features:

* Expanded coverage on orthogonality, boundary value problems,
and distributions, all of which are motivated by solvability and
eigenvalue problems in elementary linear algebra

* Additional MATLAB® applications for computer algebra
system calculations

* Over 300 exercises and 100 illustrations that demonstrate
important concepts

* New examples of dimensional analysis and scaling along with new
tables of dimensions and units for easy reference

* Review material, theory, and examples of ordinary differential
equations

* New material on applications to quantum mechanics, chemical
kinetics, and modeling diseases and viruses

Written at an accessible level for readers in a wide range of
scientific fields, Applied Mathematics, Fourth Edition is an
ideal text for introducing modern and advanced techniques of
applied mathematics to upper-undergraduate and graduate-level
students in mathematics, science, and engineering. The book is also
a valuable reference for engineers and scientists in government and
industry.