A Celebration of Mathematical Modeling : the Joseph B. Keller Anniversary Volume / edited by Dan Givoli, Marcus J. Grote, George C. Papanicolaou.

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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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Givoli, Dan
Other Authors: Grote, Marcus J., Papanicolaou, George
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
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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.