Preface |
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1 | (8) |
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1 | (1) |
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0.2 Ambiguities with the Discretization Process |
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2 | (5) |
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0.3 The Nonstandard Finite Difference Methodology |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (14) |
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1.1 Numerical Integration |
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9 | (1) |
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1.2 Standard Finite Difference Modeling Rules |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (7) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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1.3.3 Harmonic Oscillator |
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15 | (1) |
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1.3.4 Unidirectional Wave Equation |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (3) |
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2 Numerical Instabilities |
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23 | (36) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (6) |
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30 | (5) |
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2.4 Logistic Differential Equation |
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35 | (11) |
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2.5 Unidirectional Wave Equation |
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46 | (4) |
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50 | (2) |
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52 | (4) |
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56 | (3) |
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3 Nonstandard Finite Difference Schemes |
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59 | (22) |
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59 | (1) |
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3.2 Exact Finite Difference Schemes |
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60 | (3) |
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3.3 Examples of Exact Schemes |
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63 | (7) |
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3.4 Nonstandard Modeling Rules |
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70 | (3) |
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3.5 Best Finite Difference Schemes |
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73 | (5) |
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78 | (3) |
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81 | (22) |
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81 | (1) |
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4.2 A New Finite Difference Scheme |
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82 | (3) |
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85 | (8) |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (2) |
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4.3.3 ODE with Three Fixed-Points |
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88 | (5) |
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93 | (6) |
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94 | (1) |
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4.4.2 ODE with Three Fixed-Points |
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94 | (5) |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (2) |
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5 Second-Order, Nonlinear Oscillator Equations |
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103 | (22) |
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103 | (2) |
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5.2 Mathematical Preliminaries |
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105 | (1) |
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5.3 Conservative Oscillators |
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106 | (7) |
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5.4 Limit-Cycle Oscillators |
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113 | (5) |
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5.5 General Oscillator Equations |
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118 | (1) |
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5.6 Response of a Linear System |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (4) |
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6 Two First-Order, Coupled Ordinary Differential Equations |
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125 | (18) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (2) |
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6.3 Exact Scheme for Linear Ordinary Differential Equations |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (10) |
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6.5.1 Harmonic Oscillator |
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131 | (1) |
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6.5.2 Damped Harmonic Oscillator |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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6.5.5 Van der Pol Oscillator |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (1) |
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6.5.7 General Class of Nonlinear Oscillators |
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139 | (1) |
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6.5.8 Batch Fermentation Processes |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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141 | (2) |
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7 Partial Differential Equations |
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143 | (24) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (6) |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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147 | (3) |
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150 | (7) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (3) |
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7.3.3 Ut = uuxx + λu(1 - u) |
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154 | (1) |
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7.3.4 Ut = uxx + λu(1 - u) |
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155 | (2) |
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7.4 Burgers' Type Equations |
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157 | (5) |
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158 | (1) |
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7.4.2 Ut + uux = λu(1 - u) |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (4) |
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8 Schrodinger Differential Equations |
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167 | (22) |
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167 | (1) |
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8.2 Schrodinger Ordinary Differential Equations |
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168 | (4) |
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168 | (1) |
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8.2.2 Mickens-Ramadhani Scheme |
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169 | (2) |
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8.2.3 Combined Numerov-Mickens Scheme |
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171 | (1) |
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8.3 Schrodinger Partial Differential Equations |
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172 | (12) |
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172 | (9) |
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8.3.2 Ut = i[ uxx + f(x)u] |
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181 | (2) |
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8.3.3 Nonlinear, Cubic Schrodinger Equation |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (5) |
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189 | (14) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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9.3 Intrinsic Time and Space Scales |
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191 | (3) |
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9.4 Dynamical Consistency |
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194 | (1) |
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9.5 Numerical Instabilities |
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195 | (1) |
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9.6 Denominator Functions |
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196 | (1) |
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9.7 Nonlocal Discretization of Functions |
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197 | (1) |
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9.8 Method of Sub-Equations |
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198 | (1) |
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9.9 Constructing NSFD Schemes |
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199 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (3) |
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10 Some Exact Finite Difference Schemes |
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203 | (20) |
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203 | (1) |
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10.2 General, Linear, Homogeneous, First-Order ODE |
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203 | (2) |
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10.3 Several Important Exact Schemes |
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205 | (5) |
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205 | (1) |
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10.3.2 Harmonic Oscillator |
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205 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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10.3.4 Quadratic Decay Equation |
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206 | (1) |
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10.3.5 Nonlinear Equation |
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206 | (1) |
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10.3.6 Cubic Decay Equation |
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206 | (1) |
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10.3.7 Linear Velocity Force Equation |
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206 | (1) |
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10.3.8 Damped Harmonic Oscillator |
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206 | (1) |
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10.3.9 Unidirectional Wave Equations |
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207 | (1) |
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10.3.10 Full Wave Equation |
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207 | (1) |
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10.3.11 Nonlinear, Fisher-Type Unidirection Wave Equation |
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207 | (1) |
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10.3.12 Unidirectional, Spherical Wave Equation |
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208 | (1) |
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10.3.13 Steady-State Wave Equation with Spherical Symmetry |
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208 | (1) |
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10.3.14 Wave Equation having Spherical Symmetry |
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208 | (1) |
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10.3.15 Two-Dimensional, Linear Advection Equation |
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209 | (1) |
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10.3.16 Two-Dimensional, Nonlinear (Logistic) Advection Equation |
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209 | (1) |
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10.4 Two Coupled, Linear ODE's with Constant Coefficients |
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210 | (1) |
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10.5 Jacobi Cosine and Sine Functions |
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211 | (2) |
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10.6 Cauchy-Euler Equation |
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213 | (1) |
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10.7 Michaelis-Menten Equation |
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214 | (2) |
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10.8 Weierstrass Elliptic Function |
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216 | (2) |
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10.9 Modified Lotka-Volterra Equations |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (3) |
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11 Applications and Related Topics |
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223 | (74) |
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223 | (1) |
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223 | (4) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (3) |
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231 | (1) |
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11.4 Mickens' Modified Newton's Law of Cooling |
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231 | (4) |
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235 | (1) |
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11.5 NSFD Schemes for dx/dt = -λxα |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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11.6 Exact Scheme for Linear ODE's with Constant Coefficients |
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237 | (3) |
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240 | (1) |
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11.7 Discrete 1-Dim Hamiltonian Systems |
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240 | (6) |
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11.7.1 Discrete Hamiltonian Construction |
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243 | (1) |
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11.7.2 Discrete Equations of Motion for Eq. (11.7.32) |
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244 | (1) |
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11.7.3 Non-Polynomial Potential Energy |
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245 | (1) |
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11.7.4 Two Interesting Results |
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246 | (1) |
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246 | (1) |
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11.8 Cube Root Oscillators |
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247 | (4) |
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11.8.1 Cube Root Oscillator |
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247 | (2) |
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11.8.2 Inverse Cube-Root Oscillator |
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249 | (2) |
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251 | (1) |
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11.9 Alternative Methodologies for Constructing Discrete-Time Population Models |
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251 | (6) |
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251 | (1) |
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11.9.2 Modified Anderson-May Models |
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251 | (3) |
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11.9.3 Discrete Exponentialization |
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254 | (3) |
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257 | (1) |
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11.10 Interacting Populations with Conservation Laws |
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257 | (14) |
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257 | (1) |
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11.10.1 Conservation Laws |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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11.10.4 SEIR Model with Net Birthrate |
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262 | (1) |
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11.10.5 Criss-Cross Model |
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263 | (2) |
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11.10.6 Brauer-van den Driessche SIR Model |
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265 | (1) |
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11.10.7 Spatial Spread of Rabies |
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266 | (2) |
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268 | (3) |
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271 | (1) |
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11.11 Black-Scholes Equations |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (1) |
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11.12 Time-Independent Schrodinger Equations |
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274 | (3) |
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277 | (1) |
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11.13 Linear, Damped Wave Equation |
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277 | (2) |
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279 | (1) |
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11.14 NSFD Constructions for Burgers and Burgers-Fisher PDE's |
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280 | (4) |
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11.14.1 Burgers Equations: ut + uux = uxx |
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280 | (2) |
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11.14.2 Burgers-Fisher Equations: ut + uux = uxx + u(1 - u) |
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282 | (2) |
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284 | (1) |
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284 | (4) |
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288 | (1) |
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11.16 Delay Differential Equations |
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289 | (2) |
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291 | (1) |
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11.17 Fractional Differential Equations |
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292 | (2) |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (2) |
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Appendix A Difference Equations |
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297 | (4) |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (1) |
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A.3 Separation-of-Variables |
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299 | (1) |
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300 | (1) |
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Appendix B Linear Stability Analysis |
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301 | (4) |
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B.1 Ordinary Differential Equations |
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301 | (1) |
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B.2 Ordinary Difference Equations |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (2) |
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Appendix C Discrete WKB Method |
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305 | (2) |
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306 | (1) |
Bibliography |
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307 | (4) |
Index |
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