Essential Partial Differential Equations Analytical and Computational Aspects

“The book is written in an engaging and lively style that will appeal to students. … aim of the Springer SUMS series is to take a ‘fresh and modern approach’ to core foundational material through to final year topics. This book delivers on that promise with great success. ... As a first text that is set at the appropriate level … which recognizes and incorporates numerical computation as an essential tool for learning and understanding, it looks hard to beat.” (Mark Blyth, SIAM Review, Vol. 59 (1), March, 2017)

“UK mathematicians Griffiths (Univ. of Dundee) and Dold and Silvester (both, Univ. of Manchester) introduce undergraduates to partial differential equations (PDEs) from both the analytical and numerical points of view. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (D. P. Turner, Choice, Vol. 53 (11), July, 2016)

“This introduction to partial differential equations is designed for upper level undergraduates in mathematics. … The writing is lively, the authors make appealing use of computational examples and visualization, and they are very successful at conveying and integrating physical intuition. … This is probably the best introductory book on PDEs that I have seen in some time. It is well worth a look.” (William J.

“This textbook offers a nice introduction to analytical and numerical methods for partial differential equations. … The book is self-contained and the prerequisites is a standard course in calculus and linear algebra. The textbook appeals to undergraduate students in both scientific and engineering programs in which PDEs are of practical importance.” (Marius Ghergu, zbMATH 1330.35001, 2016)