Finding the Perfect PDEs Book for Math Majors

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Can anyone recommend me a good book on PDEs? I'm looking for something more rigorous, for math majors, and being moderately priced is a plus too.
 
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I'm not for sure of your math level, but the book I used in my introductory class to PDEs was
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0817639675/?tag=pfamazon01-20 by Jeffery Cooper
All you need before this book is the standard calculus sequence plus differential equations. It wasn't a bad book, but it wasn't great either. You can definitely learn from it. It needs better and more examples, more organization, and a new edition as it is sloppy in places.

The book we'll be using next year is
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0821807722/?tag=pfamazon01-20 by Lawrence Evans
I haven't gotten it yet or looked through it, but the Amazon reviews are very positive. It is more advanced than the above book and probably much more rigorous.
Landau said:
Doesn't anyone use the search function anymore? this thread is ten days old.

Well that thread was asking for a more applied book, whereas the poster here is asking for a more rigorous book.
 
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