Download or read book An Introduction to Partial Differential Equations written by Michael Renardy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Partial differential equations are fundamental to the modeling of natural phenomena. The desire to understand the solutions of these equations has always had a prominent place in the efforts of mathematicians and has inspired such diverse fields as complex function theory, functional analysis, and algebraic topology. This book, meant for a beginning graduate audience, provides a thorough introduction to partial differential equations.