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Introduction
Part I
Canonical Projectile Problem: Finding the Escape Velocity of the Earth
Of Mites and Models
Canonical Soap Film Problem
Heat Conduction in a Finite Bar with a Linear Source
Heat Conduction in a Semi-Infinite Bar
Initiation of Cellular Slime Mold Aggregation Viewed as an Instability
Chemical Turning Patterns and Diffusive Instabilities
Part II
Governing Equations of Fluid Mechanics
Boundary Conditions for Fluid Mechanics
Subsonic Sound Waves Viewed as a Linear Perturbation in an Inviscid Fluid
Potential Flow Past a Circular Cylinder of a Homogeneous Inviscid Fluid
Viscous Fluid Flows
Blasius Flow Past a Flat Plate
Part III
Rayleigh-Bernard Natural Convection Problem
Heat Conduction in a Finite Bar with a Nonlinear Source
Nonlinear Optical Ring-Cavity Model Driven by a Gas Laser
Vegetative Flat Dryland Rhombic Pattern Formation Driven by Root Suction
Part IV
Calculus Variations Revisited plus the Gamma and Bessel Functions
Alternate Methods of Solution for Heat and Wave Equation Problems
Finite Mathematical Models
Concluding Capstone Problems.
Part I
Canonical Projectile Problem: Finding the Escape Velocity of the Earth
Of Mites and Models
Canonical Soap Film Problem
Heat Conduction in a Finite Bar with a Linear Source
Heat Conduction in a Semi-Infinite Bar
Initiation of Cellular Slime Mold Aggregation Viewed as an Instability
Chemical Turning Patterns and Diffusive Instabilities
Part II
Governing Equations of Fluid Mechanics
Boundary Conditions for Fluid Mechanics
Subsonic Sound Waves Viewed as a Linear Perturbation in an Inviscid Fluid
Potential Flow Past a Circular Cylinder of a Homogeneous Inviscid Fluid
Viscous Fluid Flows
Blasius Flow Past a Flat Plate
Part III
Rayleigh-Bernard Natural Convection Problem
Heat Conduction in a Finite Bar with a Nonlinear Source
Nonlinear Optical Ring-Cavity Model Driven by a Gas Laser
Vegetative Flat Dryland Rhombic Pattern Formation Driven by Root Suction
Part IV
Calculus Variations Revisited plus the Gamma and Bessel Functions
Alternate Methods of Solution for Heat and Wave Equation Problems
Finite Mathematical Models
Concluding Capstone Problems.