LCCN2003-050516
ReviewsFrom the reviews: "...these volumes are excellently written and make for greatly profitable reading. For years to come they will surely be a main reference for anyone wishing to study partial differential operators."-- MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS "This volume focuses on linear partial differential operators with constant coefficients ... . Each chapter ends with notes on the literature, and there is a large bibliography. ... The binding of this softcover reprint seems quite good ... . Overall, it is great to have this book back at an affordable price. It really does deserve to be described as a classic." (Fernando Q. Gouvêa, MathDL, January, 2005), "...these volumes are excellently written and make for greatly profitable reading. For years to come they will surely be a main reference for anyone wishing to study partial differential operators."-- MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS, From the reviews:"...these volumes are excellently written and make for greatly profitable reading. For years to come they will surely be a main reference for anyone wishing to study partial differential operators."-- MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS"This volume focuses on linear partial differential operators with constant coefficients … . Each chapter ends with notes on the literature, and there is a large bibliography. … The binding of this softcover reprint seems quite good … . Overall, it is great to have this book back at an affordable price. It really does deserve to be described as a classic." (Fernando Q. Gouvêa, MathDL, January, 2005), From the reviews: "...these volumes are excellently written and make for greatly profitable reading. For years to come they will surely be a main reference for anyone wishing to study partial differential operators."-- MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS "This volume focuses on linear partial differential operators with constant coefficients ... . Each chapter ends with notes on the literature, and there is a large bibliography. ... The binding of this softcover reprint seems quite good ... . Overall, it is great to have this book back at an affordable price. It really does deserve to be described as a classic." (Fernando Q. Gouva, MathDL, January, 2005)
Table Of ContentExistence and Approximation of Solutions of Differential Equations.- Interior Regularity of Solutions of Differential Equations.- The Cauchy and Mixed Problems.- Differential Operators of Constant Strength.- Scattering Theory.- Analytic Function Theory and Differential Equations.- Convolution Equations.
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SynopsisThis volume is an expanded version of Chapters III, IV, V and VII of my 1963 book "Linear partial differential operators". In addition there is an entirely new chapter on convolution equations, one on scattering theory, and one on methods from the theory of analytic functions of several complex variables. The latter is somewhat limited in scope though since it seems superfluous to duplicate the monographs by Eh renpreis and by Palamodov on this subject. The reader is assumed to be familiar with distribution theory as presented in Volume I. Most topics discussed here have in fact been encountered in Volume I in special cases, which should provide the necessary motivation and background for a more systematic and pre cise exposition. The main technical tool in this volume is the Fourier- Laplace transformation. More powerful methods for the study of operators with variable coefficients will be developed in Volume III. However, the constant coefficient theory has given the guidehnes for all that work. Although the field is no longer very active - perhaps because of its advanced state of development - and although it is pos sible to pass directly from Volume I to Volume III, the material pre sented here should not be neglected by the serious student who wants to gain a balanced perspective of the theory of linear partial differen tial equations., In this second volume (4 volume work), Lars Hörmander looks at operators with constant coefficients. An analysis of the existence and regularity of (fundamental) solutions in the first two chapters is followed by a thorough study of the Cauchy problem. He then moves on to cover spectral theory of short range perturbations of operators with constant coefficients, and Fourier-Laplace representations of solutions of homogeneous differential equations with constant coefficients. The last chapter presents a study of the closely related subject of convolution operators., This volume is an expanded version of Chapters III, IV, V and VII of my 1963 book "Linear partial differential operators". In addition there is an entirely new chapter on convolution equations, one on scattering theory, and one on methods from the theory of analytic functions of several complex variables. The latter is somewhat limited in scope though since it seems superfluous to duplicate the monographs by Eh- renpreis and by Palamodov on this subject. The reader is assumed to be familiar with distribution theory as presented in Volume I. Most topics discussed here have in fact been encountered in Volume I in special cases, which should provide the necessary motivation and background for a more systematic and pre- cise exposition. The main technical tool in this volume is the Fourier- Laplace transformation. More powerful methods for the study of operators with variable coefficients will be developed in Volume III. However, the constant coefficient theory has given the guidehnes for all that work. Although the field is no longer very active - perhaps because of its advanced state of development - and although it is pos- sible to pass directly from Volume I to Volume III, the material pre- sented here should not be neglected by the serious student who wants to gain a balanced perspective of the theory of linear partial differen- tial equations., This volume is an expanded version of Chapters III, IV, V and VII of my 1963 book "Linear partial differential operators". In addition there is an entirely new chapter on convolution equations, one on scattering theory, and one on methods from the theory of analytic functions of several complex variables. The latter is somewhat limited in scope though since it seems superfluous to duplicate the monographs by Ehrenpreis and by Palamodov on this subject. The reader is assumed to be familiar with distribution theory as presented in Volume I. Most topics discussed here have in fact been encountered in Volume I in special cases, which should provide the necessary motivation and background for a more systematic and precise exposition. The main technical tool in this volume is the Fourier- Laplace transformation. More powerful methods for the study of operators with variable coefficients will be developed in Volume III. However, constant coefficient theory has given the guidance for all that work. Although the field is no longer very active - perhaps because of its advanced state of development - and although it is possible to pass directly from Volume I to Volume III, the material presented here should not be neglected by the serious student who wants to gain a balanced perspective of the theory of linear partial differential equations., Vol. II of Lars Hörmander's 4-volume treatise is mainly devoted to operators with constant coefficients. From the reviews: "...these volumes are excellently written and make for greatly profitable reading. For years to come they will surely be a main reference for anyone wishing to study partial differential operators." Mathematical Reviews
LC Classification NumberQA370-380