Peter Knabner Lutz Angermann
Institute for Applied Mathematics Institute for Mathematics
University of Erlangen University of Clausthal
Martensstrasse 3 Erzstrasse 1
D-91058 Erlangen D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Germany Germany
knabner@am.uni-erlangen.de angermann@math.tu-clausthal.de
Series Editors
J.E. Marsden L. Sirovich
Control and Dynamical Systems, 107–81 Division of Applied Mathematics
California Institute of Technology Brown University
Pasadena, CA 91125 Providence, RI 02912
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S.S. Antman
Department of Mathematics
and
Institute for Physical Science
and Technology
University of Maryland
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USA
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Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 65Nxx, 65Mxx, 65F10, 65H10
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Knabner, Peter.
[Numerik partieller Differentialgleichungen. English]
Numerical methods for elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations /
Peter Knabner, Lutz Angermann.
p. cm. — (Texts in applied mathematics ; 44)
Include bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-387-95449-X (alk. paper)
1. Differential equations, Partial—Numerical solutions. I. Angermann, Lutz. II. Title.
III. Series.
QA377.K575 2003
515′.353—dc21 2002044522
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