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1.1 What Do We Mean by (Mathematical) Modeling? |
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1.2 Aspects of Mathematical Modeling: Example of Population Dynamics |
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1.3 Population Models with Restricted Resources |
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1.4 Dimensional Analysis and Scaling |
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1.5 Asymptotic Expansions |
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1.6 Applications from Fluid Mechanics |
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32 | (1) |
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2 Systems of Linear Equations |
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2.3 Constrained Optimization |
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68 | (1) |
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3 Basic Principles of Thermodynamics |
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3.1 The Model of an Ideal Gas and the Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution |
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3.2 Thermodynamic Systems and the Thermodynamic Equilibrium |
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3.3 The First Law of Thermodynamics |
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81 | (4) |
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3.4 The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Notion of Entropy |
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85 | (10) |
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3.5 Thermodynamic Potentials |
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3.6 The Legendre Transform |
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3.7 The Calculus of Differential Forms |
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3.8 Thermodynamics of Mixtures and the Chemical Potential |
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102 | (7) |
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3.9 Chemical Reactions in Multi Species Systems |
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109 | (5) |
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3.10 Equilibria of Chemical Reactions and the Mass Action Law |
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123 | (1) |
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4 Ordinary Differential Equations |
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4.1 One-Dimensional Oscillations |
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131 | (10) |
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4.1.1 Forced Oscillations |
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137 | (4) |
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4.2 The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Form of Mechanics |
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4.3 Examples from Population Dynamics |
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4.4 Qualitative Analysis, Phase Portraits |
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155 | (5) |
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4.5 The Principle of Linearized Stability |
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4.6 Stability of Linear Systems |
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162 | (5) |
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4.7 Variational Problems for Functions of One Variable |
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4.8 Optimal Control with Ordinary Differential Equations |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (7) |
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197 | (106) |
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5.2 Classical Point Mechanics |
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199 | (4) |
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5.3 From Particle Mechanics to a Continuous Medium |
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203 | (3) |
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206 | (6) |
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212 | (10) |
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5.6 Constitutive Relations |
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5.7 The Second Law of Thermodynamics in Continuum Mechanics |
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5.8 Principle of Frame Indifference |
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242 | (5) |
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5.9 Constitutive Theory for Viscous Fluids |
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247 | (5) |
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5.10 Modeling of Elastic Solids |
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252 | (17) |
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269 | (18) |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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6 Partial Differential Equations |
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6.1.1 Calculus of Variations |
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6.1.2 The Fundamental Solution |
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6.1.3 Mean Value Theorem and Maximum Principles |
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317 | (2) |
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6.1.4 Plane Potential Flows, the Method of Complex Variables |
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319 | (6) |
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6.1.5 The Stokes Equations |
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325 | (2) |
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327 | (5) |
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6.1.7 Optimal Control of Elliptic Differential Equations |
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332 | (4) |
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6.1.8 Parameter Identification and Inverse Problems |
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336 | (4) |
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6.1.9 Linear Elasticity Theory |
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340 | (4) |
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344 | (41) |
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6.2.1 Uniqueness of Solutions, the Energy Method |
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345 | (2) |
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6.2.2 Large Time Behavior |
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6.2.3 Separation of Variables and Eigenfunctions |
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351 | (3) |
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6.2.4 The Maximum Principle |
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354 | (1) |
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6.2.5 The Fundamental Solution |
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355 | (3) |
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358 | (2) |
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6.2.7 Invariant Transformations |
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360 | (1) |
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6.2.8 General Initial Data |
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361 | (1) |
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362 | (3) |
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365 | (2) |
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6.2.11 Reaction Diffusion Equations and Traveling Waves |
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367 | (7) |
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6.2.12 Turing Instability and Pattern Formation |
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374 | (7) |
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6.2.13 Cahn--Hilliard Equation and Pattern Formation Processes |
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381 | (4) |
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6.3 Hyperbolic Conservation Laws |
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385 | (8) |
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6.5 The Navier--Stokes Equations |
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400 | (5) |
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405 | (15) |
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420 | (1) |
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420 | (7) |
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427 | (62) |
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7.1 Obstacle Problems and Contact Problems |
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428 | (7) |
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7.2 Free Boundaries in Porous Media |
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435 | (11) |
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446 | (7) |
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7.4 Entropy Inequality for the Stefan Problem |
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453 | (1) |
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454 | (2) |
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7.6 Gibbs--Thomson Effect |
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456 | (2) |
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7.7 Mullins--Sekerka Instability |
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458 | (3) |
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7.8 A Priori Estimates for the Stefan Problem with Gibbs--Thomson Condition |
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461 | (3) |
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7.9 Phase Field Equations |
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464 | (8) |
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7.10 Free Surfaces in Fluid Mechanics |
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472 | (4) |
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7.11 Thin Films and Lubrication Approximation |
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476 | (3) |
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479 | (1) |
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480 | (9) |
Appendix A Function Spaces |
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489 | (4) |
Appendix B Curvature of Hypersurfaces |
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References |
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Index |
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