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This book is a very well-accepted introduction to the subject. In it, the author identifies the significant aspects of the theory and explores them with a limited amount of machinery from mathematical analysis. Now, in this fourth edition, the book has again been updated with... Read Full Overview

From the reviews of the earlier editions:

"An excellent second-reading text. Should be accessible to any mathematician. Highly recommended." - The Mathematical Gazette

"An excellent text upon which to build and introduction to partial differential equations at... Read Full Overview

The book has been completely rewritten for this new edition. While most of the material found in the earlier editions has been retained, though in changed form, there are considerable additions, in which extensive use is made of Fourier transform techniques, Hilbert space, and... Read Full Overview