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the standard material on one-dimensional heat and wave equations, the
selection of topics can vary to reflect the preferences of the instructor and/or
the students. We should also mention that a motivated student can master
the complete book in one 15-week semester by reading, on average, just 5
pages per day.
We extend our gratitude to our colleagues at USC: Todd Brun, To-
bias Ekholm, Florence Lin, Paul Newton, Robert Penner, and Mohammed
Ziane, who read portions of the manuscript and gave valuable sugges-
tions. We are very grateful to Igor Cialenco, who carefully read the en-
tire manuscript and found numerous typos and inaccuracies. The work of
SVL was partially supported by the Sloan Research Fellowship, the NSF
CAREER award DMS-0237724, and the ARO Grant DAAD19-02-1-0374.
E. K. Blum and S. V. Lototsky