Invito alle equazioni a derivate parziali

Il testo è rivolto a studenti di ingegneria, matematica applicata e fisica ed è disegnato per corsi alle fine del triennio o all'inizio del biennio magistrale. obiettivo didattico è duplice: da un lato presentare ed analizzare alcuni classici modelli differenziali della Meccanica dei Continui, completati da esercizi svolti e da simulazioni numeriche, illustrate usando il metodo delle differenze finite; dall'altro introdurre la formulazione variazionale dei più importanti problemi iniziali/al bordo, accompagnate da simulazioni numeriche effettuate utilizzando il metodo degli elementi finiti. In ultima analisi, il percorso didattico è caratterizzato da una costante sinergia tra modello-teoria-simulazione numerica.

Sandro Salsa is a Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Analysis at Politecnico of Milan, where he has been one of the main founders of the educational program in Mathematical Engineering. His research interest ranges over diverse aspects of nonlinear, nonlocal, singular or degenerate elliptic and parabolic equations, with particular emphasis on boundary behavior, regularity and free boundary problems. He is an author of 14 books and several papers in the most prestigious scientific mathematical journals.
Gianmaria Verzini is a Professor of Mathematical Analysis at the Department of Mathematics of the Politecnico of Milan. He is author of 5 books and more than 50 papers, published on prominent international journals. His scientific interests concern the applications of Nonlinear Analysis to the existence, multiplicity, qualitative properties and regularity of solutions to nonlinear differential equations and systems.

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"The book is designed as an advanced undergraduate or a first-year graduate course for students from various disciplines as Applied Mathematics, Physics and Engineering, and evolves from PDE courses ... . The exposition if extremely clear and flexible enough to allow substantial changes in the presentation of the arguments without compromising the comprehension and to facilitate a selection of topics for a one or two semester course. The textbook is highly recommendable." (Dian K. Palagachev, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1171, 2009)