Key Features The perfect aid for better grades! Covers all course fundamentals-supplements any class text Teaches effective problem solving.v 205 problems solved step-by-step. Ideal for independent study! About The Author: Murray Spiegel The Late MURRAY R. SPIEGEl received the M.S degree in Physics and the Ph.D. in Mathematics from Cornell University. He had positions at Harvard University, Columbia University, Oak Ridge and Rensselaer Polytechnic Insitute, and served as a mathematical consultant at several large Companies. His last Position was professor and Chairman of mathematics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Hartford Graduate Center. He was interested in most branches of mathematics at the Rensselaer polytechnic Institute, Hartford Graduate Center. He was interested in most branches of mathematics, especially those which involve applications to physics and engineering problems. He was the author of numerous journal articles and 14 books on various topics in mathematics Table Of Contents Chapter 1 Boundary Value Problems Chapter 2 Fourier Series and Applications Chapter 3 Orthogonal Functions Chapter 4 Gamma, Beta and Other Special Functions Chapter 5 Fourier Integrals and Applications Chapter 6 Bessel Functions and Applications Chapter 7 Legendre Functions and Applications Chapter 8 Hermite, Laguerre and Other Orthogonal Functions Chapter 9 Appendices A: Uniqueness of Solutions Appendices B: Special Fourier Series Appendices C: Special Fourier Transforms Appendices D: Tables of Values for J0(x) and J1(x) Appendices E: Zeros of Bessel Functions
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