Waves in Continuous Media

• Main Authors: Gavrilyuk, S. L. (Author), Makarenko, N.I (Author), Sukhinin, S.V (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Geosystems Mathematics and Computing
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Partial differential equations.; Partial Differential Equations.

Starting with the basic notions and facts of the mathematical theory of waves illustrated by numerous examples, exercises, and methods of solving typical problems Chapters 1 & 2 show e.g. how to recognize the hyperbolicity property, find characteristics, Riemann invariants and conservation laws...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Hyperbolic waves
• 2. Dispersive waves
• 3. Water waves.