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A Celebration of Mathematical Modeling : the Joseph B. Keller Anniversary Volume /

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This volume celebrates the eightieth birthday of the famous applied mathematician Joseph B. Keller. The book contains 12 chapters, each on a specific area of mathematical modeling, written by established researchers who have collaborated with J.B. Keller during his long career. These chapters, all i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Givoli, Dan
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Grote, Marcus J., Papanicolaou, George
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
Subjects:
Mathematics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Monte Carlo Simulation for American Options
  • Some Problems in Electromagnetics
  • Pattern Formation in a Suspension of Swimming Microorganisms: Nonlinear Aspects
  • Non-Reflecting Boundaries: High-Order Treatment
  • Nonreflecting Boundary Conditions for Time Dependent Waves
  • Weak Shock Reflection
  • Bifurcation Theory, Symmetry Breaking and Homogenization in Continuum Mechanics Descriptions of DNA
  • On Flames as Discontinuity Surfaces in Gasdynamic Flows
  • Contact Lines
  • Eikonal Functions: Old and New
  • Physical Insight, Mathematical Modeling and Asymptotics
  • Waves, Bubbles and Jets
  • Index.