Introduction to Perturbation Methods

Series Preface.- Preface.- Chapter 1: Introduction to Asymptotic Approximations.- Chapter 2: Matched Asymptotic Expansions.- Chapter 3: Multiple Scales.- Chapter 4: The WKB and Related Methods.- Chapter 5: The Method of Homogenization- Chapter 6: Introduction to Bifurcation and Stability.- Appendix A1: Solution and Properties of Transition Layer Equations.- Appendix A2: Asymptotic Approximations of Integrals.- Appendix A3: Numerical Solution of Nonlinear Boundary- Value Problems.- References.- Index.