In its discussions of mathematical entities and their elementary properties, this text employs examples from the physical sciences. Its concise treatment covers preliminary results in the integral calculus, distribution theory, Fourier series and transforms, the Laplace transform, the wave and heat conduction equations, and gamma and Bessel functions. 1966 edition. Reprint of the Hermann, Paris, and Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Massachusetts, 1966 edition.
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