Essentials of Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgments

For the first edition, I would like to thank Prof. J.P. Krisch of the University of Michigan for always being there whenever I needed advice and for sharing my excitement at all phases of the project. My special thanks go to Prof. J.C. Lauffenburger and Assoc. Prof. K.D. Scherkoske at Canisius College. I am grateful to Prof. R.P. Langlands of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton for his support and for his cordial and enduring contributions to METU culture. I am indebted to Prof. P.G.L. Leach for his insightful comments and for meticulously reading two of the chapters. I am grateful to Wiley for a grant to prepare the camera‐ready copy, and I would like to thank my editor Susanne Steitz‐Filler for sharing my excitement. My work on the two books Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering and Essentials of Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering has spanned an uninterrupted period of six years. With the time spent on my two books in Turkish published in the years 2000 and 2004, which were basically the forerunners of my first book, this project has dominated my life for almost a decade. In this regard, I cannot express enough gratitude to my darling young scientist daughter Sumru and beloved wife Adalet, for always being there for me during this long and strenuous journey, which also involved many sacrifices from them.

For the second edition, I am grateful to Prof. I. Tosun of the Middle East Technical University for bringing to my attention ...