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heat conduction using green s functions 2nd edition
p since its publication more than 15 years ago heat conduction using green s functions has become the consummate heat conduction treatise from the perspective of green s functions and the newly revised second edition is poised to take its place . based on the authors own research and classroom experience with the material this book organizes the solution of heat conduction and diffusion problems through the use of green s functions making these valuable principles more accessible . as in the first edition this book applies extensive tables of green s functions and related integrals and all chapters have been updated and revised for the second edition many extensively . p details how to access the accompanying green s function library site a useful web searchable collection of gfs based on the appendices in this book p the book reflects the authors conviction that although green s functions were discovered in the nineteenth century they remain directly relevant to 21st century engineers and scientists . it chronicles the authors continued search for new gfs and novel ways to apply them to heat conduction . p new features of this latest edition p ul p li expands the introduction to green s functions both steady and unsteady li p li adds a section on the dirac delta function li p li includes a discussion of the eigenfunction expansion method as well as sections on the convergence speed of series solutions and the importance of alternate gf li p li adds a section on intrinsic verification an important new tool for obtaining correct numerical values from analytical solutions li p ul p a main goal of the first edition was to make gfs more accessible . to facilitate this objective one of the authors has created a companion internet site called the green s function library a web searchable collection of gfs . based on the appendices in this book this library is organized by differential equation geometry and boundary condition . each gf is also identified and cataloged according to a gf numbering system . the library also contains explanatory material references and links to related sites all of which supplement the value of heat conduction using green s functions second edition as a powerful tool for understanding .