Supersonic Flow and Shock Waves

The Springer edition of this book is an unchanged reprint of Courant and Friedrich's classical treatise which was first published in 1948. The basic research for it took place during World War II, but there are many aspects which still make the book interesting as a text and as a reference. It treats basic aspects of the dynamics of compressible fluids in mathematical form, and attempts to present a systematic theory of nonlinear wave propagation, particularly in relation to gas dynamics. Written in the form of an advanced textbook, it accounts for classical as well as some fairly recent developments. The authors intend their audience to be engineers, physicists and mathematicians alike.

About the author

Richard Courant was born in 1888 in a small town of what is now Poland, and died in New Rochelle, N.Y. in 1972. He received his doctorate from the legendary David Hilbert in Göttingen, where later he founded and directed its famed mathematics Institute, a Mecca for mathematicians in the twenties. In 1933 the Nazi government dismissed Courant for being Jewish, and he emigrated to the United States. He found, in New York, what he called "a reservoir of talent" to be tapped. He built, at New York University, a new mathematical Sciences Institute that shares the philosophy of its illustrious predecessor and rivals it in worldwide influence. For Courant mathematics was an adventure, with applications forming a vital part.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Courant, K. O. Friedrichs, Richar Courant, K.O. Friedrichs, K O Friedrichs
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 22.04.2014
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Analysis
• EAN: 9781468493665
• ISBN: 978-1-4684-9366-5
• Pages: 464
• Illustrations: XVI, 464 p.
• Dimensions (packing): 15.6 x 2.7 x 23.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 735 g
• Series: Applied Mathematical Sciences > .21; Applied Mathematical Sciences > 21
• Subjects: Klassische Mechanik, Waves, Überschallströmung, Stosswelle, Mathematische / Computergestützte / Theoretische Physik, Fluid-andAerodynamics, KompressibleStrömung