Symmetry and Separation of Variables

Zusatztext Review of the hardback: ' ? an important step in the group-theoretic approach to special functions. It is clearly written and should be accessible to a broad spectrum of readers'. Mathematical Reviews Klappentext This 1977 volume is concerned with the group-theoretic approach to special functions. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1977! this volume is concerned with the relationship between symmetries of a linear second-order partial differential equation of mathematical physics! the coordinate systems in which the equation admits solutions via separation of variables! and the properties of the special functions that arise in this manner. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's statement; Section editor's statement; Preface; 1. The Helmholtz equation; 2. The Schrödinger and heat equations; 3. The three-variable Helmholtz and Laplace equations; 4. The wave equation; 5. The hypergeometric function and its generalizations; Appendices; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Miller, Willard Miller, Willard Jr. Miller
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2012
• EAN: 9780521177399
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17739-9
• No. of pages: 318
• Series: Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications; Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous