
Index
303
nonlinear, viii, 77, 151, 225, 303
nonlinear systems, 225
normal, 24, 57, 167, 168, 169, 170, 173, 180, 199,
208, 212, 225, 239, 264, 268, 274, 277, 279, 296
O
operator, 3, 38, 55, 62, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 84, 85, 90,
102, 103, 113, 119, 125, 132, 146, 151, 152, 167,
185, 217, 251, 260, 296
Operators, 302
ordinary differential equations, vii, 11, 163
orientation, 52
oscillation, vii, 2, 4, 12, 15, 22, 78, 231
oscillations, 2, 3, 4, 64, 232, 239, 240, 241, 245, 246,
247, 248
P
parabolic, viii, 6, 9, 11, 12, 157, 228, 251
parameter, 23, 30, 38, 77, 87, 102, 132, 152, 159,
236, 241, 254
partial differential equations, vii, viii, 1, 4, 5, 6, 11,
12, 15, 22, 157, 167, 231, 251, 260, 301
perturbations, 13, 64
Philadelphia, 303
physical properties, 4
physics, vii, viii, 1, 4, 5, 12, 13, 15, 22, 29, 38, 77,
151, 220, 227, 231, 301
plane waves, 64
play, viii, 77, 151
Poisson, viii, 5, 63, 162, 164, 167, 183, 185, 188,
195, 196, 251, 260, 265, 267, 274, 275, 278
Poisson equation, viii, 5, 167, 195, 196, 260, 265,
267, 275
polar coordinates, 185, 260, 264, 265, 266, 268, 272,
278, 296, 297, 298
polynomial, 261
power, 221
propagation, 4, 5, 157, 162
property, 91, 127, 224, 263
proposition, 26
prototype, vii, 15, 231
Q
quantum, vii, 15, 231
quantum theory, vii, 15, 231
quasi-linear, 1, 6
R
radiation, 256
radius, 56, 62, 169, 170, 171, 173, 175, 179, 181,
196, 201, 221, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 272, 274
range, 298
reading, vii, viii, 22, 29, 65
real numbers, 88, 236
recall, 102
rectilinear, 263
reduction, 9, 151, 152, 230
reflection, 20, 131, 233, 268, 270, 273, 287
regular, 121, 194, 195
research, vii
resistance, 3, 248
Russian, 301, 302
S
scalar, 181, 217
scattering, 125, 137, 142, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151,
152, 154, 303
science, 4
separation, 22, 29, 159, 163, 185, 236, 238, 243, 245,
248, 252, 255, 256, 257, 288, 290, 296, 297, 298
series, 24, 25, 26, 28, 38, 41, 45, 46, 49, 68, 85, 86,
92, 95, 98, 99, 160, 186, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225,
237, 245, 256
sign, 7, 11, 37, 164, 183, 203, 205
signals, 3
signs, 11
singular, 302
singularities, 102, 104, 206, 207, 208, 209
smoothness, 59, 68, 85, 89
soliton, 154
solitons, 154, 155, 303
solutions, vii, viii, 5, 6, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24,
27, 29, 30, 39, 45, 49, 51, 80, 90, 91, 100, 102,
103, 104, 126, 127, 128, 129, 132, 138, 151, 152,
153, 154, 157, 159, 162, 163, 167, 174, 175, 178,
180, 186, 194, 199, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 217,
231, 236, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245,
247, 249, 252, 254, 258, 259, 266, 289, 293
spatial, viii, 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 15, 157, 167, 260
spectra, 83, 84
spectral analysis, 77
spectrum, 23, 30, 37, 78, 101, 102, 103, 104, 132,
148, 150
speed, 3, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22
stability, 4, 13, 17, 49, 61, 159
students, vii
substitution, 8, 9, 10, 32, 41, 44, 46, 89, 177, 289
successive approximations, viii, 48, 67, 68, 91, 100
superposition, 18, 24, 45, 159, 239, 295
symbols, 33
symmetry, 65, 201, 296, 298
systems, viii, 84, 127, 129, 222, 225, 302
T
temperature, viii, 4, 5, 13, 157, 162, 167, 253, 256,
260