This is the first modern calculus book to be organized axiomatically and to survey the subject's applicability to science and engineering. A challenging exposition of calculus in the European style, i
The first truly up-to-date treatment of the calculus of variations, this text is also the first to offer a simple introduction to such key concepts as optimal control and linear-quadratic control desi
MacCluer (mathematics, Michigan State U.) examines numerical methods and symbolic manipulation based on modern Sobolev methods. Working on an advanced undergraduate level, MacCluer starts with steady
This text shows advanced undergraduate and graduate students how to solve the problems they'll encounter in their professional lives. A concise single-volume treatment, it employs MATLAB and other str