Ivo Babuška Boeken

The first international symposium on mathematical foundations of the finite element method was held at the University of Maryland in 1973. During the last three decades there has been great progress in the theory and practice of solving partial differential equations, and research has extended in various directions. Full-scale nonlinear problems have come within the range of nu­ merical simulation. The importance of mathematical modeling and analysis in science and engineering is steadily increasing. In addition, new possibili­ ties of analysing the reliability of computations have appeared. Many other developments have these are only the most noteworthy. This book is the record of the proceedings of the International Sympo­ sium on Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulation in Continuum Mechanics, held in Yamaguchi, Japan from 29 September to 3 October 2000. The topics covered by the symposium ranged from solids to fluids, and in­ cluded both mathematical and computational analysis of phenomena and algorithms. Twenty-one invited talks were delivered at the symposium. This volume includes almost all of them, and expresses aspects of the progress mentioned above. All the papers were individually refereed. We hope that this volume will be a stepping-stone for further developments in this field.

With considerations such as complex-dimensional geometries and nonlinearity, the computational solution of partial differential systems has become so involved that it is important to automate decisions that have been normally left to the individual. This book covers such decisions: 1) mesh generation with links to the software generating the domain geometry, 2) solution accuracy and reliability with mesh selection linked to solution generation. This book is suited for mathematicians, computer scientists and engineers and is intended to encourage interdisciplinary interaction between the diverse groups.

V knize jsou uvedeny některé nejdůležitejší numerické metody pro řešení počátečníc a okrajových úloh pro obyčejné diferenciální rovnice a základní typy parciálnych diferenciálních rovnic.