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Methods of Applied Mathematics II Topics

Applied and Computational Mathematics at Florida State University


Reference:
  • Complex Variables: Introduction and Applications, M.J. Ablowitz and A.S. Fokas, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Second Ediion

Topics:
  • Complex Variables
  • Analytic and multi-valued functions
  • Complex integration
  • Series, sequences and singularities of complex functions
  • Differential equation in the complex plane and analytic continuation
  • Residue calculus and applications
  • Asymptotic evaluation of integrals
  • Integration by parts
  • Laplace method
  • Method of stationary phase
  • Method of steepest descent
  • The Stokes phenomenon
  • WKB method
  • Integral transforms and applications
  • Fourier-Laplace transforms
  • Green's function in two and three dimensions
  • Dispersive waves
  • Radiation problems
  • Instability waves, amplifying and evanescent waves
  • Hankel transform