The Cauchy Problem [Paperback]

This book deals with the Cauchy or initial value problem for linear differential equations.This volume deals with the Cauchy or initial value problem for linear differential equations. It treats in detail some of the applications of linear space methods to partial differential equations, especially the equations of mathematical physics such as the Maxwell, Schr?dinger and Dirac equations.This volume deals with the Cauchy or initial value problem for linear differential equations. It treats in detail some of the applications of linear space methods to partial differential equations, especially the equations of mathematical physics such as the Maxwell, Schr?dinger and Dirac equations.This volume deals with the Cauchy or initial value problem for linear differential equations. It treats in detail some of the applications of linear space methods to partial differential equations, especially the equations of mathematical physics such as the Maxwell, Schr?dinger and Dirac equations. Background material presented in the first chapter makes the book accessible to mathematicians and physicists who are not specialists in this area as well as to graduate students.Editor's statement; Foreword; Preface; 1. Elements of functional analysis; 2. The caucy problem for some equations of mathematical physics: the abstract cauchy problem; 3. Properly posed cauchy problems: general theory; 4. Dissipative operators and applications; 5. Abstract parabolic equations: applications to second order parabolic equations; 6. Perturbation and approximation of abstract differential equations; 7. Some improperly posed cauchy problems; 8. The abstract cauchy problem for time-dependent equations; 9. The cauchy problem in the sense of vector-valued distributions; References; Index.Review of the hardback: '& very well conceived and organised with a good selection of material and an excellent combination of detail and perspective & It should serve well as the standard reference'. Bulletin of the London MlsÏ