Methods of Mathematical Physics by Hilbert and Courant

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• Author: Richard Courant, David Hilbert
• Title: Methods of Mathematical Physics
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Table of Contents for Volume I:

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[*] The Algebra of Linear Transformations and Quadratic Forms
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[*] Linear equations and linear transformations
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[*] Vectors
[*] Orthogonal systems of vectors. Completeness
[*] Linear transformations. Matrices
[*] Bilinear, quadratic, and Hermitian forms
[*] Orthogonal and unitary transformations
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[*] Linear transformations with a linear parameter
[*] Transformation to principal axes of quadratic and Hermitian forms
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[*] Transformation to principal axes on the basis of a maximum principle
[*] Eigenvalues
[*] Generalization to Hermitian forms
[*] Inertial theorem for quadratic forms
[*] Representation of the resolvent of a form
[*] Solution of systems of linear equations associated with forms
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[*] Minimum-maximum property of eigenvalues
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[*] Characterization of eigenvalues by a minimum-maximum problem
[*] Applications. Constraints
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[*] Supplement and problems
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[*] Linear independence and the Gram determinant
[*] Hadamard's inequality for determinants
[*] Generalized treatment of canonical transformations
[*] Bilinear and quadratic forms of infinitely many variables
[*] Infinitesimal linear transformations
[*] Perturbations
[*] Constraints
[*] Elementary divisors of a matrix or a bilinear form
[*] Spectrum of a unitary matrix
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[*] References
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[*] Series Expansions of Arbitrary Functions
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[*] Orthogonal systems of functions
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[*] Definitions
[*] Orthogonalization of functions
[*] Bessel's inequality. Completeness relation. Approximation in the mean
[*] Spectral decomposition by Fourier series and integrals
[*] Dense systems of functions
[*] A Theorem of H. Muntz on the completeness of powers
[*] Fejer's summation theorem
[*] The Mellin inversion formulas
[*] The Gibbs phenomenon
[*] A theorem on Gram's determinant
[*] Application of the Lebesgue integral
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[*] References
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[*] Linear Integral Equations
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[*] Introduction
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[*] Notation and basic concepts
[*] Functions in integral representation
[*] Degenerate kernels
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[*] Fredholm's theorems for degenerate kernels
[*] Fredholm's theorems for arbitrary kernels
[*] Symmetric kernels and their eigenvalues
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[*] Existence of an eigenvalue of a symmetric kernel
[*] The totality of eigenfunctions and eigenvalues
[*] Maximum-minimum property of eigenvalues
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[*] The expansion theorem and its applications
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[*] Expansion theorem
[*] Solution of the inhomogeneous linear integral equation
[*] Bilinear formula for iterated kernels
[*] Mercer's theorem
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[*] Neumann series and the reciprocal kernel
[*] The Fredholm formulas
[*] Another derivation of the theory
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[*] A lemma
[*] Eigenfunctions of a symmetric kernel
[*] Unsymmetric kernels
[*] Continuous dependence of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions on the kernel
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[*] Extensions of the theory
[*] Supplement and problems for Chapter III
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[*] Problems
[*] Singular integral equations
[*] E. Schmidt's derivation of the Fredholm theorems
[*] Enskog's method for solving symmetric integral equations
[*] Kellogg's method for the determination of eigenfunctions
[*] Symbolic functions of a kernel and their eigenvalues
[*] Example of an unsymmetric kernel without null solutions
[*] Volterra integral equation
[*] Abel's integral equation
[*] Adjoint orthogonal systems belonging to an unsymmetric kernel
[*] Integral equations of the first kind
[*] Method of infinitely many variables
[*] Minimum properties of eigenfunctions
[*] Polar integral equations
[*] Symmetrizable kernels
[*] Determination of the resolvent kernel by functional equations
[*] Continuity of definite kernels
[*] Hammerstein's theorem
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[*] References
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[*] The Calculus of Variations 
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[*] Problems of the calculus of variations
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[*] Maxima and minima of functions
[*] Functionals
[*] Typical problems of the calculus of variations
[*] Characteristic difficulties of the calculus of variations
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[*] Direct solutions
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[*] The isoperimetric problem
[*] The Rayleigh-Ritz method. Minimizing sequences
[*] Other direct methods. Method of finite differences. Infinitely many variables
[*] General remarks on direct methods of the calculus of variations
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[*] The Euler equations
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[*] "Simplest problem" of the variational calculus
[*] Several unknown functions
[*] Higher derivatives
[*] Several independent variables
[*] Identical vanishing of the Euler differential expression
[*] Euler equations in homogeneous form
[*] Relaxing of conditions. Theorems of du Bois-Reymond and Haar
[*] Variational problems and functional equations
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[*] Integration of the Euler differential equation
[*] Boundary conditions
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[*] Natural boundary conditions for free boundaries
[*] Geometrical problems. Transversality
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[*] The second variation and the Legendre condition
[*] Variational problems with subsidiary conditions
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[*] Isoperimetric problems
[*] Finite subsidiary conditions
[*] Differential equations as subsidiary conditions
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[*] Invariant character of the Euler equations
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[*] The Euler expression as a gradient in function space. Invariance of the Euler expression
[*] Transformation of \Delta u. Spherical coordinates
[*] Ellipsoidal coordinates
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[*] Transformation of variational problems to canonical and involutory form
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[*] Transformation of an ordinary minimum problem with subsidiary conditions
[*] Involutory transformation of the simplest variational problems
[*] Transformation of variational problems to canonical form
[*] Generalizations
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[*] Variational calculus and the differential equations of mathematical physics
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[*] General remarks
[*] The vibrating string and the vibrating rod
[*] Membrane and plate
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[*] Reciprocal quadratic variational problems
[*] Supplementary remarks and exercises
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[*] Variational problem for a given differential equation
[*] Reciprocity for isoperimetric problems
[*] Circular light rays
[*] The problem of Dido
[*] Examples of problems in space
[*] The indicatrix and applications
[*] Variable domains
[*] E. Noether's theorem on invariant variational problems. Integrals in particle mechanics
[*] Transversality for multiple integrals
[*] Euler's differential expressions on surfaces
[*] Thomson's principle in electrostatics
[*] Equilibrium problems for elastic bodies. Castigliano's principle
[*] The variational problem of buckling
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[*] References
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[*] Vibration and Eigenvalue Problems
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[*] Preliminary remarks about linear differential equations
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[*] Principle of superposition
[*] Homogeneous and nonhomogeneous problems. Boundary conditions
[*] Formal relations. Adjoint differential expressions. Green's formulas
[*] Linear functional equations as limiting cases and analogues of systems of linear equations
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[*] Systems of a finite number of degrees of freedom
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[*] Normal modes of vibration. Normal coordinates. General theory of motion
[*] General properties of vibrating systems
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[*] The vibrating string
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[*] Free motion of the homogeneous string
[*] Forced motion
[*] The general nonhomogeneous string and the Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problem
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[*] The vibrating rod
[*] The vibrating membrane
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[*] General eigenvalue problem for the homogeneous membrane
[*] Forced motion
[*] Nodal lines
[*] Rectangular membrane
[*] Circular membrane. Bessel functions
[*] Nonhomogeneous membrane
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[*] The vibrating plate
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[*] General remarks
[*] Circular boundary
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[*] General remarks on the eigenfunction method
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[*] Vibration and equilibrium problems
[*] Heat conduction and eigenvalue problems
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[*] Vibration of three-dimensional continua. Separation of variables
[*] Eigenfunctions and the boundary value problem of potential theory
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[*] Circle, sphere, and spherical shell
[*] Cylindrical domain
[*] The Lame problem
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[*] Problems of the Sturm-Liouville type. Singular boundary points
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[*] Bessel functions
[*] Legendre functions of arbitrary order
[*] Jacobi and Tchebycheff polynomials
[*] Hermite and Laguerre polynomials
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[*] The asymptotic behavior of the solutions of Sturm-Liouville equations
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[*] Boundedness of the solution as the independent variable tends to infinity
[*] A sharper result. (Bessel functions)
[*] Boundedness as the parameter increases
[*] Asymptotic representation of the solutions
[*] Asymptotic representation of Sturm-Liouville eigenfunctions
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[*] Eigenvalue problems with a continuous spectrum
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[*] Trigonometric functions
[*] Bessel functions
[*] Eigenvalue problem of the membrane equation for the infinite plane
[*] The Schrödinger eigenvalue problem
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[*] Perturbation theory
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[*] Simple eigenvalues
[*] Multiple eigenvalues
[*] An example
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[*] Green's function (influence function) and reduction of differential equations to integral equations
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[*] Green's function and boundary value problem for ordinary differential equations
[*] Construction of Green's function; Green's function in the generalized sense
[*] Equivalence of integral and differential equations
[*] Ordinary differential equations of higher order
[*] Partial differential equations
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[*] Examples of Green's function
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[*] Ordinary differential equations
[*] Green's function for \Delta u: circle and sphere
[*] Green's function and conformal mapping
[*] Green's function for the potential equation on the surface of a sphere
[*] Green's function for \Delta u = 0 in a rectangular parallelepiped
[*] Green's function for \Delta u in the interior o
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[*] Supplement to Chapter V
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[*] Examples for the vibrating string
[*] Vibrations of a freely suspended rope; Bessel functions
[*] Examples for the explicit solution of the vibration equation. Mathieu functions
[*] Boundary conditions with parameters
[*] Green's tensors for systems of differential equations
[*] Analytic continuation of the solutions of the equation \Delta u + \lambda u =0
[*] A theorem on the nodal curves of the solutions of \Delta u +\lambda u = 0
[*] An example of eigenvalues of infinite multiplicity
[*] Limits for the validity of the expansion theorems
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[*] References
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[*] Application of the Calculus of Variations to Eigenvalue Problems
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[*] Extremum properties of eigenvalues
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[*] Classical extremum properties
[*] Generalizations
[*] Eigenvalue problems for regions with separate components
[*] The maximum-minimum property of eigenvalues
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[*] General consequences of the extremum properties of the eigenvalues
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[*] General theorems
[*] Infinite growth of the eigenvalues
[*] Asymptotic behavior of the eigenvalues in the Sturm-Liouville problem
[*] Singular differential equations
[*] Further remarks concerning the growth of eigenvalues. Occurrence of negative eigenvalues
[*] Continuity of eigenvalues
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[*] Completeness and expansion theorems
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[*] Completeness of the eigenfunctions
[*] The expansion theorem
[*] Generalization of the expansion theorem
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[*] Asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues
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[*] The equation \Delta u + \lambda u = 0 for a rectangl
[*] The equation \Delta u + \lambda u = 0 for domains consisting of a finite number of squares or cubes
[*] Extension to the general differential equation L[u] + \lambda \rho u = 0
[*] Asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues for an arbitrary domain
[*] Sharper form of the laws of asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues for the differential equation \Delta u + \lambda u = 0
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[*] Eigenvalue problems of the Schrödinger type
[*] Nodes of eigenfunctions
[*] Supplementary remarks and problems
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[*] Minimizing properties of eigenvalues. Derivation from completeness
[*] Characterization of the first eigenfunction by absence of nodes
[*] Further minimizing properties of eigenvalues
[*] Asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues
[*] Parameter eigenvalue problems
[*] Boundary conditions containing parameters
[*] Eigenvalue problems for closed surfaces
[*] Estimates of eigenvalues when singular points occur
[*] Minimum theorems for the membrane and plate
[*] Minimum problems for variable mass distribution
[*] Nodal points for the Sturm-Liouville problem. Maximum-minimum principle
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[*] References
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[*] Special Functions Defined by Eigenvalue Problems
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[*] Preliminary discussion of linear second order differential equations
[*] Bessel functions
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[*] Application of the integral transformation
[*] Hankel functions
[*] Bessel and Neumann functions
[*] Integral representations of Bessel functions
[*] Another integral representation of the Hankel and Bessel functions
[*] Power series expansion of Bessel functions
[*] Relations between Bessel functions
[*] Zeros of Bessel functions
[*] Neumann functions
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[*] Legendre functions
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[*] Schlafli's integral
[*] Integral representations of Laplace
[*] Legendre functions of the second kind
[*] Associated Legendre functions. (Legendre functions of higher order.)
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[*] Application of the method of integral transformation to Legendre, Tchebycheff, Hermite, and Laguerre equations
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[*] Legendre functions
[*] Tchebycheff functions
[*] Hermite functions
[*] Laguerre functions
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[*] Laplace spherical harmonics
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[*] Determination of 2n + 1 spherical harmonics of n-th order
[*] Completeness of the system of functions
[*] Expansion theorem
[*] The Poisson integral
[*] The Maxwell-Sylvester representation of spherical harmonics
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[*] Asymptotic expansions
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[*] Stirling's formula 
[*] Asymptotic calculation of Hankel and Bessel functions for large values of the arguments
[*] The saddle point method
[*] Application of the saddle point method to the calculation of Hankel and Bessel functions for large parameter and large argument
[*] General remarks on the saddle point method
[*] The Darboux method
[*] Application of the Darboux method to the asymptotic expansion of Legendre polynomials
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[*] Appendix to Chapter VII. Transformation of Spherical Harmonics
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[*] Introduction and notation
[*] Orthogonal transformations
[*] A generating function for spherical harmonics
[*] Transformation formula
[*] Expressions in terms of angular coordinates
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[*] Additional Bibliography
[*] Index
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Table of Contents for Volume II:

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[*] Introductory Remarks
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[*] General Information about the Variety of Solutions
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[*] Examples
[*] Differential Equations for Given Families of Functions
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[*] Systems of Differential Equations
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[*] The Question of Equivalence of a System of Differential Equations and a Single Differential Equation
[*] Elimination from a Linear System with Constant Coefficients
[*] Determined, Overdetermined, Underdetermined Systems
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[*] Methods of Integration for Special Differential Equations
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[*] Separation of Variables
[*] Construction of Further Solutions by Superposition. Fundamental Solution of the Heat Equation. Poisson's Integral
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[*] Geometric Interpretation of a First Order Partial Differential Equation in Two Independent Variables. The Complete Integral
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[*] Geometric Interpretation of a First Order Partial Differential Equation
[*] The Complete Integral
[*] Singular Integrals
[*] Examples
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[*] Theory of Linear and Quasi-Linear Differential Equations of First Order
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[*] Linear Differential Equations
[*] Quasi-Linear Differential Equations
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[*] The Legendre Transformation
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[*] The Legendre Transformation for Functions of Two Variables
[*] The Legendre Transformation for Functions of n Variables
[*] Application of the Legendre Transformation to Partial Differential Equations
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[*] The Existence Theorem of Cauchy and Kowalewsky
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[*] Introduction and Examples
[*] Reduction to a System of Quasi-Linear Differential Equations
[*] Determination of Derivatives Along the Initial Manifold
[*] Existence Proof for Solutions of Analytic Differential Equations
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[*] Observation About Linear Differential Equations
[*] Remark About Konanalytic Differential Equations
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[*] Remarks on Critical Initial Data. Characteristics
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[*] Appendix: Laplace's Differential Equation for the Support Function of a Minimal Surface
[*] Appendix: Systems of Differential Equations of First Order and Differential Equations of Higher Order
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[*] Plausibility Considerations
[*] Conditions of Equivalence for Systems of Two First Order Partial Differential Equations and a Differential Equation of Second Order
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[*] General Theory of Partial Differential Equations of First Order
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[*] Geometric Theory of Quasi-Linear Differential Equations in Two Independent Variables
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[*] Characteristic Curves
[*] Initial Value Problem
[*] Examples
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[*] Quasi-Linear Differential Equations in n Independent Variables
[*] General Differential Equations in Two Independent Variables
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[*] Characteristic Curves and Focal Curves. The Monge Cone
[*] Solution of the Initial Value Problem
[*] Characteristics as Branch Elements. Supplementary Remarks. Integral Conoid. Caustics
[*] The Complete Integral
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[*] Focal Curves and the Monge Equation
[*] Examples
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[*] The Differential Equation of Straight Light Rays, (grad u)^2 = 1
[*] The Equation F (u_x , u_y) = 0
[*] Clairaut's Differential Equation
[*] Differential Equation of Tubular Surfaces
[*] Homogeneity Relation
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[*] General Differential Equation in n Independent Variables
[*] Complete Integral and Hamilton-Jacobi Theory
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[*] Construction of Envelopes and Characteristic Curve
[*] Canonical Form of the Characteristic Differential Equations
[*] Hamilton-Jacobi Theory
[*] Example. The Two-Body Problem
[*] Example. Geodesics on an Ellipsoid
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[*] Hamilton-Jacobi Theory and the Calculus of Variations
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[*] Euler's Differential Equations in Canonical Form
[*] Geodetic Distance or Eiconal and Its Derivatives. Hamilton-Jacobi Partial Differential Equation 
[*] Homogeneous Integrands
[*] Fields of Extremals. Hamilton-Jacohi Differential Equation.
[*] Cone of Hays. Huyghens' Construction
[*] Hilbert's Invariant Integral for the Representation of the Eiconal
[*] Theorem of Hamilton and Jacobi
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[*] Canonical Transformations and Applications
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[*] The Canonical Transformation
[*] New Proof of the Hamilton-Jacobi Theorem
[*] Variation of Constants (Canonical Perturbation Theory)
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[*] Appendix
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[*] Further Discussion of Characteristic Manifolds
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[*] Remarks on Differentiation in n Dimensions
[*] Initial Value Problem. Characteristic Manifolds
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[*] Systems of Quasi-Linear Differential Equations with the Same Principal Part. New Derivation of the Theory
[*] Haar's Uniqueness Proof
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[*] Appendix: Theory of Conservation Laws
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[*] Differential Equations of Higher Order
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[*] Normal Forms for Linear and Quasi-Linear Differential Operators of Second Order in Two Independent Variables
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[*] Elliptic, Hyperbolic, and Parabolic Normal Forms. Mixed Types
[*] Examples
[*] Normal Forms for Quasi-Linear Second Order Differential Equations in Two Variables
[*] Example. Minimal Surfaces
[*] Systems of Two Differential Equations of First Order
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[*] Classification in General and Characteristics
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[*] Notations
[*] Systems of First Order with Two Indepebdebt Variables. Characteristics
[*] Systems of First Order with n Independent Variables
[*] Differential Equations of Higher Order. Hyperbolicity
[*] Supplementary Remarks
[*] Examples. Maxwell's and Dirac's Equations
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[*] Linear Differcntial Equations with Constant Coefficients
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[*] Normal Form and Classification for Equations of Second Order
[*] Fundamental Solutions for Equations of Second Order
[*] Plane Waves
[*] Plane Waves Continued. Progressing Waves. Dispersion
[*] Examples. Telegraph Equation. Undistorted Waves in Cables
[*] Cylindrical and Spherical Waves
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[*] Initial Value Problems. Radiation Problems for the Wave Equation
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[*] Initial Value Problems for Heat Conduction. Transformation of the Theta Function
[*] Initial Value Problems for the Wave Equation
[*] Duhamel's Principle. Nonhomogeneous Equations. Retarded 
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[*] Duhamel's Principle for Systems of First Order
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[*] Initial Value Problem for the Wave Equation in Two-Dimensional Space. Method of Descent
[*] The Radiation Problem
[*] Propagation Phenomena and Huyghens' Principle
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[*] Solution of Initial Value Problems by Fourier Integrals
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[*] Cauchy's Method of the Fourier Integral
[*] Example
[*] Justification of Cauchy's Method
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[*] Typical Problems in Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics
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[*] Introductory Remarks
[*] Basic Principles
[*] Remarks about "Improperly Posed" Problems
[*] General Remarks About Linear Problems
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[*] Appendix
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[*] Sobolev's Lemma
[*] Adjoint Operators
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[*] Matrix Operators
[*] Adjoint Differential Operators
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[*] Appendix: The Uniqueness Theorem of Holmgren
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[*] Potential Theory and Elliptic Differential Equations
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[*]  Basic Notions
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[*] Equations of Laplace and Poisson, and Related Equations
[*] Potentials of Mass Distributions
[*] Green's Formulas and Applications
[*] Derivatives of Potentials of Mass Distributions
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[*] Poisson's Integral and Applications
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[*] The Boundary Value Problem and Green's Function
[*] Green's Function for the Circle and Sphere. Poisson's Integral for the Sphere and Half-Space
[*] Consequences of Poisson's Formula
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[*] The Mean Value Theorem and Applications
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[*] The Homogeneous and Nonhomogeneous Mean Value Equation
[*] The Converse of the Mean Value Theorems
[*] Poisson's Equation for Potentials of Spatial Distributions
[*] Mean Value Theorems for Other Elliptic Differential Equations
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[*] The Boundary Value Problem
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[*] Preliminaries. Continuous Dependence on the Boundary Values and on the Domain
[*] Solution of the Boundary Value Problem by the Schwarz Alternating Procedure
[*] The Method of Integral Equations for Plane Regions with Sufficiently Smooth Boundaries
[*] Remarks on Boundary Values
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[*] Capacity and Assumption of Boundary Values
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[*] Perron's Method of Subharmonic Functions
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[*] The Reduced Wave Equation. Scattering
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[*] Background
[*] Sommerfeld's Radiation Condition
[*] Scattering
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[*] Boundary Value Problems for More General Elliptic Differential Equations. Uniqueness of the Solutions
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[*] Linear Differential Equations
[*] Nonlinear Equations
[*] Rellich's Theorem on the Monge-Ampere Differential Equation
[*] The Maximum Principle and Applications
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[*] A Priori Estimates of Schauder and Their Applications
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[*] Schauder's Estimates
[*] Solution of the Boundary Value Problem
[*] Strong Barrier Functions and Applications
[*] Some Properties of Solutions of L[u] = f
[*] Further Results on Elliptic Equations; Behavior at the Boundary
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[*] Solution of the Beltrami Equations
[*] The Boundary Value Problem for a Special Quasi-Linear Equation. Fixed Point Method of Leray and Schauder
[*] Solution of Elliptic Differential Equations by Means of Integral Equations
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[*] Construction of Particular Solutions. Fundamental Solutions. Parametrix.
[*] Further Remarks
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[*] Appendix: Nonlinear Equations
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[*] Perturbation Theory
[*] The Equation \Delta u = f(x, u)
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[*] Supplement to Chapter IV. Function Theoretic Aspects of the Theory of Elliptic Partial Differential Equations
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[*] Definition of Pseudoanalytic Functions
[*] An Integral Equation
[*] Similarity Principle
[*] Applications of the Similarity Principle
[*] Formal Powers
[*] Differentiation and Integration of Pseudoanalytic Functions
[*] Example. Equations of Mixed Type
[*] General Definition of Pseudoanalytic Functions
[*] Quasiconformality and a General Representation Theorem
[*] A Nonlinear Boundary Value Problem
[*] An Extension of Riemann's Mapping Theorem
[*] Two Theorems on Minimal Surfaces
[*] Equations with Analytic Coefficients
[*] Proof of Privaloff's Theorem
[*] Proof of the Schauder Fixed Point Theorem
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[*] Hyperbolic Differential Equations in Two Independent Variables
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[*] Introduction
[*] Characteristics for Differential Equations Mainly of Second Order
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[*] Basic Notions. Quasi-Linear Equations
[*] Characteristics on Integral Surfaces
[*] Characteristics as Curves of Discontinuity. Wave Fronts. Propagation of Discontinuities
[*] General Differential Equations of Second Order
[*] Differential Equations of Higher Order
[*] Invariance of Characteristics under Point Transformations
[*] Reduction to Quasi-Linear Systems of First Order
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[*] Characteristic Normal Forms for Hyperbolic Systems of First Order
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[*] Linear, Semilinear and Quasi-Linear Systems
[*] The Case k = 2. Linearization by the Hodograph Transformation
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[*] Applications to Dynamics of Compressible Fluids
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[*] One-Dimensional Isentropic Flow
[*] Spherically Symmetric Flow
[*] Steady Irrotational Flow
[*] Systems of Three Equations for Nonisentropic Flow
[*] Linearized Equations
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[*] Uniqueness. Domain of Dependence
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[*] Domains of Dependence, Influence, and Determinacy
[*] Uniqueness Proofs for Linear Differential Equations of Second Order
[*] General Uniqueness Theorem for Linear Systems of First Order
[*] Uniqueness for Quasi-Linear Systems
[*] Energy Inequalities
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[*] Riemann's Representation of Solutions
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[*] The Initial Value Problem
[*] Riemann's Function
[*] Symmetry of Riemann's Function
[*] Riemann's Function and Radiation from a Point. Generalization to Higher Order Problems
[*] Examples
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[*] Solution of Hyperbolic Linear and Semilinear Initial Value Problems by Iteration
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[*] Construction of the Solution for a Second Order Equation
[*] Notations and Results for Linear and Semilinear Systems of First Order
[*] Construction of the Solution
[*] Remarks. Dependence of Solutions on Parameters
[*] Mixed Initial and Boundary Value Problems
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[*] Cauchy's Problem for Quasi-Linear Systems
[*] Cauchy's Problem for Single Hyperbolic Differential Equations of Higher Order
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[*] Reduction to a Characteristic System of First Order
[*] Characteristic Representation of L[u]
[*] Solution of Cauchy's Problem
[*] Other Variants for the Solution. A Theorem by P. Ungar
[*] Remarks
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[*] Discontinuities of Solutions. Shocks
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[*] Generalized Solutions. Weak Solutions
[*] Discontinuities for Quasi-Linear Systems Expressing Conservation Laws. Shocks
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[*] Appendix: Applications of Characteristics as Coordinates
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[*] Additional Remarks on General Nonlinear Equations of Second Order
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[*] The Quasi-Linear Differential Equation
[*] The General Nonlinear Equation
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[*] The Exceptional Character of the Monge-Ampere Equation
[*] Transition from the Hypprbolic tothp Elliptic Case Through Complex Domains
[*] The Analyticity of the Solutions in the Elliptic Case
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[*] Function-Theoretic Remark
[*] Analyticity of the Solutions of \Delta u = f(x,y,u,p,q)
[*] Remark on the General Differential Equation F(x, y, u, p, q, r, s, t) = 0
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[*] Use of Complex Quantities for the Continuation of Solutions
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[*] Appendix: Transient Problems and Heaviside Operational Calculus
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[*] Solution of Transient Problems by Integral Representation
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[*] Explicit Example. The Wave Equation
[*] General Formulation of the Problem
[*] The Integral of Duhamel
[*] Method of Superposition of Exponential Solutions
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[*] The Heaviside Method of Operators
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[*] The Simplest Operators
[*] Examples of Operators and Applications
[*] Applications to Heat Conduction
[*] Wave Equation
[*] Justification of the Operational Calculus Interpretation of Further Operators
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[*] General Theory of Transient Problems
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[*] The Laplace Transformation
[*] Solution of Transient Problems by the Laplace Transformation
[*] Example. The Wave and Telegraph Equations
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[*] Hyperbolic Differential Equations in More Than Two Independent Variables
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[*] Introduction
[*] Uniqueness, Construction, and Geometry of Solutions
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[*] Differential Equations of Second Order. Geometry of Characteristics
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[*] Quasi-Linear Differential Equations of Second Order
[*] Linear Differential Equations
[*] Rays or Bicharacteristics
[*] Characteristics as Wave Fronts
[*] Invariance of Characteristics
[*] Ray Cone, Normal Cone, and Ray Conoid
[*] Connection with a Riemann Metric
[*] Reciprocal Transformations
[*] Huyghens' Construction of Wave Fronts
[*] Space-Like Surfaces. Time-Like Directions
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[*] Second Order Equations. The Role of Characteristics
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[*] Discontinuities of Second Order
[*] The Differential Equation along a Characteristic Surface
[*] Propagation of Discontinuities along Rays
[*] Illustration. Solution of Cauchy's Problem for the Wave Equation in Three Space Dimensions
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[*] Geometry of Characteristics for Higher Order Operators
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[*] Notation
[*] Characteristic Surfaces, Forms, and Matrices
[*] Interpretation of the Characteristic Condition in Time and Space. Normal Cone and Normal Surface. Characteristic Nullvectors and Eigenvalues
[*] Construction of Characteristic Surfaces or Fronts. Hays, Ray Cone, Ray Conoid
[*] Wave Fronts and Huyghens' Construction. Ray Surface and Normal Surfaces
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[*] Example
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[*] Invariance Properties
[*] Hyperbolicity. Space-Like Manifolds, Time-Like Directions
[*] Symmetric Hyperbolic Operators
[*] Symmetric Hyperbolic Equations of Higher Order
[*] Multiple Characteristic Sheets and Reducibility
[*] Lemma on Bicharacteristic Directions
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[*] Examples. Hydrodynamics, Crystal Optics, Magnetohydrodynamics
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[*] Introduction
[*] The Differential Equation System of Hydrodynamics
[*] Crystal Optics
[*] The Shapes of the Normal and Ray Surfaces
[*] Cauchy's Problem for Crystal Optics
[*] Magnetohydrodynamics
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[*] Propagation of Discontinuities and Cauchy's Problem
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[*] Introduction
[*] Discontinuities of First Derivatives for Systems of First Order. Transport Equation.
[*] Discontinuities of Initial Values. Introduction of Ideal Functions. Progressing Waves
[*] Propagation of Discontinuities for Systems of First Order
[*] Characteristics with Constant Multiplicity
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[*] Examples for Propagation of Discontinuities Along Manifolds of More Than One Dimension. Conical Refraction
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[*] Resolution of Initial Discontinuities and Solution of Cauchy's Problem
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[*] Characteristic Surfaces as Wave Fronts
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[*] Solution of Cauchy's Problem by Convergent Wave Expansions
[*] Systems of Second and Higher Order
[*] Supplementary Remarks. Weak Solutions. Shocks
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[*] Oscillatory Initial Values. Asymptotic Expansion of the Solution. Transition to Geometrical Optics
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[*] Preliminary Remarks. Progressing Waves of Higher Order
[*] Construction of Asymptotic Solutions
[*] Geometrical Optics
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[*] Examples of Uniqueness Theorems and Domain of Dependence for Initial Value Problems
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[*] The Wave Equation
[*] The Differential Equation u_{tt} - \Delta u + \frac{\lambda}{t} u_t = 0 (Darboux Equation)
[*] Maxwell's Equations in Vacuum
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[*] Domains of Dependence for Hyperbolic Problems
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[*] Introduction
[*] Description of the Domain of Dependence
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[*] Energy Integrals and Uniqueness for Linear Symmetric Hyperbolic Systems of First Order
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[*] Energy Integrals and Uniqueness for the Cauchy Problem
[*] Energy Integrals of First and Higher Order
[*] Energy Inequalities for Mixed Initial and Boundary Value Problems
[*] Energy Integrals for Single Second Order Equations
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[*] Energy Estimates for Equations of Higher Order
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[*] Introduction
[*] Energy Identities and Inequalities for Solutions of Higher Order Hyperbolic Operators. Method of Leray and Garding
[*] Other Methods
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[*] The Existence Theorem
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[*] Introduction
[*] The Existence Theorem
[*] Remarks on Persistence of Properties of Initial Values and on Corresponding Semigroups. Huyghens' Minor Principle
[*] Focussing. Example of Nonpersistence of Differentiability
[*] Remarks about Quasi-Linear Systems
[*] Remarks about Problems of Higher Order or Nonsymmetric Systems
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[*] Representation of Solution
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[*] Introduction
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[*] Outline. Notations
[*] Some Integral Formulas. Decomposition of Functions into Plane Waves
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[*] Equations of Second Order with Constant Coefficients
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[*] Cauchy's Problem
[*] Construction of the Solution for the Wave Equation
[*] Method of Descent
[*] Further Discussion of the Solution. Huyghens' Principle
[*] The Nonhomogeneous Equation. Duhamel's Integral
[*] Cauchy's Problem for the General Linear Equation of Second Order
[*] The Radiation Problem
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[*] Method of Spherical Means. The Wave Equation and the Darboux Equation
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[*] Darboux's Differential Equation for Mean Values
[*] Connection with the Wave Equation
[*] The Radiation Problem for the Wave Equation
[*] Generalized Progressing Spherical Waves
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[*] The Initial Value Problem for Elastic Waves Solved by Spherical Means
[*] Method of Plane Mean Values. Application to General Hyperbolic Equations with Constant Coefficients
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[*] General Method
[*] Application to the Solution of the Wave Equation
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[*] Application to the Equations of Crystal Optics and Other Equations of Fourth Order. 
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[*] Solution of Cauchy's Problem
[*] Further Discussion of the Solution. Domain of Dependence. Gaps
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[*] The Solution of Cauchy's Problem as Linear Functional of the Data. Fundamental Solutions
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[*] Description. Notations
[*] Construction of the Radiation Function by Decomposition of the Delta Function
[*] Regularity of the Radiation Matrix
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[*] The Generalized Huyghens Principle
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[*] Example. Special Linear Systems with Constant Coefficients Theorem on Gaps
[*] Example. The Wave Equation
[*] Example. Hadamard's Theory for Single Equations of Second Order
[*] Further Examples. Two Independent Variables. Remarks
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[*] U1trahyperbolic Differential Equations and General Differential Equations of Second Order with Constant Coefficients
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[*] The General Mean Value Theorem of Asgeirsson
[*] Another Proof of the Mean Value Theorem
[*] Application to the Wave Equation
[*] Solutions of the Characteristic Initial Value Problem for the Wave Equation
[*] Other Applications. The Mean Value Theorem for Confocal Ellipsoids
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[*] Initial Value Problcms for Non-Space-Like Initial Manifolds
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[*] Functions Determined by Mean Values over Spheres with Centers in a Plane
[*] Applications to the Initial Value Problem
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[*] Remarks About Progressing Waves, Transmission of Signals and Huyghens' Principle
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[*] Distortion-Free Progressing Waves.
[*] Spherical Waves
[*] Radiation and Huyghens' Principle
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[*] Appendix: Ideal Functions or Distributions
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[*] Underlying Definitions and Concepts
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[*] Introduction
[*] Ideal Elements
[*] Notations and Definitions
[*] Iterated Integration
[*] Linear Functionals and Operators - Bilinear Form
[*] Continuity of Functionals. Support of Test Functions
[*] Lemma About r-Continuity
[*] Some Auxiliary Functions
[*] Examples
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[*] Ideal Functions
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[*] Introduction
[*] Definition by Linear Differential Operators
[*] Definition by Weak Limits
[*] Definition by Linear Functionals
[*] Equivalence. Representation of Functionals
[*] Some Conclusions
[*] Example. The Delta-Function
[*] Identification of Ideal with Ordinary Functions
[*] Definite Integrals. Finite Parts
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[*] Calculus with Ideal Functions
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[*] Linear Processes
[*] Change of Independent Variables
[*] Examples. Transformations of the Delta-Function
[*] Multiplication and Convolution of Ideal Functions
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[*] Additional Remarks. Modifications of the Theory
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[*] Introduction
[*] Different Spaces of Test Functions. The Space S. Fourier Transforms
[*] Periodic Functions
[*] Ideal Functions and Hilbert Spaces. Negative Norms Strong Definitions
[*] Remark on Other Classes of Ideal Functions
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[*] Bibliography
[*] Index
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