9781903765920
Mathematical modelling for earth sciences.
Yang, Xin-She.
Dunedin Academic Press
2008
310 pages
$49.95
Paperback
QE33
As he carefully balances formality and practicality, Yang (civil,
structural and environmental engineering, U. of Cambridge) supports both
mathematicians and non-mathematicians as they study mathematical
modeling and computer simulations in geophysical, environmental and
geological processes. Yang takes a largely "theorem free"
approach but still applies appropriate rigor in his coverage of
mathematical modeling, calculus and complex variables, vectors and
matrices, ordinary differential equations and integral transforms,
partial differential equations and solution techniques, the calculus of
variations, probability, geostatistics, numerical integration, and the
finite difference method, finite volume method and finite element
method. Applications include a reaction-diffusion system, elasticity and
poroelasticity, and flow in porous media. Yang includes very good
appendices on mathematical formulae and computer programs, and the final
result is both rigorous and elegant, suitable for both classroom use and
self-study. Distributed in the US by ISBS.
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