A Guide to Distribution Theory and Fourier Transforms (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789812384218)

This important book provides a concise exposition of the basic ideas of the theory of distribution and Fourier transforms and its application to partial differential equations. The author clearly presents the ideas, precise statements of theorems, and explanations of ideas behind the proofs. Methods in which techniques are used in applications are illustrated, and many problems are included. The book also introduces several significant recent topics, including pseudodifferential operators, wave front sets, wavelets, and quasicrystals. Background mathematical prerequisites have been kept to a minimum, with only a knowledge of multidimensional calculus and basic complex variables needed to fully understand the concepts in the book.A Guide to Distribution Theory and Fourier Transforms can serve as a textbook for parts of a course on Applied Analysis or Methods of Mathematical Physics, and in fact it is used that way at Cornell.

Author: Robert S. Strichartz
ISBN-10: 9812384219
ISBN-13: 9789812384218
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2003
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.26w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2004 pg. 39