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Peter Lax, mathematician : an illustrated memoir
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- Creator
- Reuben Hersh ; photographic research by Eda Gordon
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [2015]
- Physical Details
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- xxi, 253 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781470417086, 1470417081, 9781470420437
- OCLC
- ocn890912711
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index.
Subjects
- Lax, Peter D.
- Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
- History and biography -- History of mathematics and mathematicians -- Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies.
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- History and biography -- History of mathematics and mathematicians -- Schools of mathematics.
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- Partial differential equations -- General topics -- Propagation of singularities.
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- Partial differential equations -- Representations of solutions -- Soliton solutions.
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- Partial differential equations -- Hyperbolic equations and systems -- Wave equation.
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- Partial differential equations -- Hyperbolic equations and systems -- First-order hyperbolic systems.
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- Fluid mechanics -- Shock waves and blast waves -- Shock waves and blast waves.
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- Numerical analysis -- Partial differential equations, initial value and time-dependent initial-boundary value problems -- Finite difference methods.
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- Partial differential equations -- Equations of mathematical physics and other areas of application -- KdV-like equations (Korteweg-de Vries)
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