This book presents the theory and applications of Fourier series and integrals, eigenfunction expansions, and related topics, on a level suitable for advanced undergraduates. It includes material on Bessel functions, orthogonal polynomials, and Laplace transforms, and it concludes with chapters on generalized functions and Green’s functions for ordinary and partial differential equations. The book deals almost exclusively with aspects of these subjects that are useful in physics and engineering, and includes a wide variety of applications. On the theoretical side, it uses ideas from modern analysis to develop the concepts and reasoning behind the techniques without getting bogged down in the technicalities of rigorous proofs.
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Overture Fourier Series Orthogonal Sets of Functions Some Boundary Value Problems Bessel Functions Orthogonal Polynomials The Fourier Transform The Laplace Transform Generalized Functions Green’s Functions Appendices Answers to the Exercises References Index of Symbols Index