Mathematical Methods for Engineers and Scientists 3

K.T. Tang received his B.S. in Engineering Physics and M.A. in Mathematics from University of Washington and his Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia University. He did postdoctoral studies in Chemistry at Berkeley and Harvard. He worked as an engineer at Collins Radio Company and Boeing Company. Dr. Tang regards teaching as his calling, although his research accomplishments are also considerable. He authored/co-authored over 130 research papers in professional journals and a monograph "Asymptotic Methods in Quantum Mechanics". He lectured widely in Asia, Europe, and North America. He had been a long-term visiting scientist at Max-Planck-Institut in Göttingen. He is a recipient of a Distinguished U.S. Senior Scientist Award from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and a Faculty Excellence Award from Pacific Lutheran University where he is Professor of Physics.

Fourier Analysis.- Fourier Series.- Fourier Transforms.- Sturm-Liouville Theory and Special Functions.- Orthogonal Functions and Sturm-Liouville Problems.- Bessel and Legendre Functions.- Partial Differential Equations.- Partial Differential Equations in Cartesian Coordinates.- Partial Differential Equations with Curved Boundaries.- Variational Methods.- Calculus of Variation.