An Analysis of the Finite Element Method

Gilbert Strang and George J. Fix

ISBN 10: 096140888X / ISBN 13: 9780961408886

Published by Wellesley-Cambridge Press, Wellesley, MA, 1988

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Very Good+: shows very mild shelving wear to the extremities and with a touch of crimp to the heel of the backstrip; the upper front corner is a little soft; the binding leans very slightly but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A carefully-used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Pages clean and bright as is the book itself. Lacks DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (9.3 x 6.25x 0.85 inches). Language: English. Weight: 20 ounces. Navy blue cloth over boards with gilt titles at the front panel and back-strip. Hardcover: Lacks DJ. Gilbert Strang (born in 1934 is an American mathematician known for his contributions to finite element theory, the calculus of variations, wavelet analysis and linear algebra. He has made many contributions to mathematics education, including publishing mathematics textbooks. Strang was the MathWorks Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. George J. Fix (1939 2002) was an American mathematician who collaborated on several seminal papers and books in the field of finite element method. After earning his Ph. D, Fix stayed at Harvard as an assistant professor until 1972. While there, he met Gilbert Strang, and collaborated with him on a paper regarding the Fourier analysis of finite element methods (FEM). In 1973, he and Strang published An Analysis of the Finite Element Method, a book that gave the latest advances in FEM publicity and respectability. Max Gunzburger of Iowa State University called it "one of the most important and influential applied mathematics books ever published". This is one of the earliest - and best - books on the mathematics of the Finite Element Method (FEM). The book assumes that you already have knowledge of FEM. It is intended for mathematicians who need to know the numercial analysis details. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xiv, 306 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Analysis of the Finite Element Method
• Publisher: Wellesley-Cambridge Press, Wellesley, MA
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 096140888X
• ISBN 13: 9780961408886
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Theory; Chapter 2: A Summary of the Theory; Chapter 3: Approximation; Chapter 4: Variational Crimes; Chapter 5: Stability; Chapter 6: Eigenvalue Problems; Chapter 7: Initial-Value Problems; Chapter 8: Singularities.

About the Author

Gilbert Strang is a Professor of Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, of the University of Oxford, UK. His current research interests include linear algebra, wavelets and filter banks, applied mathematics, and engineering mathematics. He is the author or co-author of six textbooks and has published a monograph with George Fix titled "An Analysis of the Finite Element Method." Professor Strang served as SIAM s president from 1999-2000, chaired the US National Committee on Mathematics from 2003 2004, and won the Neumann Medal of the US Association of Computational Mechanics in 2005. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.