Title: an excellent introduction into the subject
Review: This book is intended primarily for graduate students with math background who wish to expand their applied math skills. Originally a Russian textbook, it offers an excellent overview of the theoretical background for the field without real heavy mathematics. All that is required is knowledge of calculus and a little ODE/PDE. Many classical examples, has an introduction to applications such as analytical mechanics, optimal control theory and approximate solution methods. The last edition I am aware of is pretty old, so this book should be tough to come by. A new edition would be welcome, with more examples and other applications.
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