Asymptotic and Perturbation Methods

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In this introductory course to perturbation methods, topics covered are inspired by problems in solid mechanics (e.g. ridges and kinks in thin plates), fluid mechanics (e.g. viscous boundary layers), electrical circuits (van der Pol oscillator), and include regular and singular perturbations, methods of strained coordinates, multiple scales, averaging, WKB, Laplace's method and the method of steepest descent for approximating integrals, and solutions of partial differential equations. Prerequisite: ENGN 2010 and 2020 .