• Presents several times more exact solutions to nonlinear partial differential equations than any other book available
• Describes many new exact solutions
• Includes equations important in heat and mass transfer, wave theory, hydrodynamics, gas dynamics, acoustics, nonlinear optics, nuclear physics, and control theory
• Outlines the basic analytical methods for finding exact solutions to nonlinear equations
• Offers a resource valuable to a wide range of users in mathematics, engineering, and physics

The latest in a series of best-selling differential equation handbooks by these authors, the Handbook of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations presents exact solutions of more than 1500 nonlinear equations encountered in science and engineering--many more than any other book available--including those of parabolic, hyperbolic, elliptic and mixed type. It describes a number of new solutions to nonlinear equations and pays special attention to equations of general form that involve arbitrary functions. A supplement at the end of the book discusses the basic methods for constructing exact solutions and outlines new direct methods of generalized and function separation of variables.