title: PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
author: Geoff Stephenson
description: Published by Imperial College Press and distributed by World Scientific Publishing Co.
zlib_text: **Introduction to Partial**
  
   **Differential Equations:**
  
   **A Computational**
  
   **Approach**
  
  _Aslak Tveito_
  
  _Ragnar Winther_
  
   **Springer**
  
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  Preface
  
  _“It is impossible to exaggerate the extent to which modern_
  
  _applied mathematics has been shaped and fueled by the gen-_
  
  _eral availability of fast computers with large memories. Their_
  
  _impact on mathematics, both applied and pure, is comparable_
  
  _to the role of the telescopes in astronomy and microscopes in_
  
  _biology.”_
  
  _— Peter Lax, Siam Rev. Vol. 31 No. 4_
  
  Congratulations! You have chosen to study partial differential equations.
  
  That decision is a wise one; the laws of nature are written in the language of
  partial differential equations. Therefore, these equations arise as models in
  virtually all branches of science and technology. Our goal in this book is to
  help you to understa