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lexns of neutron diffusion in reactor physics. The spectrum of Zum Inhalt der 18 Kapitel:
questions dealt with ranges from a general analysis of conforming Band I: Basic Theory. 1. Basic Theory of ODE and Vector
and non-conforming variational methods via adaptive grid gen- Fields. 2 . The Laplace Equation and Wave Equation. 3. Fourier
eration and efficient solvers for large-scale finite dimensional prob- Analysis, Distributions, and Constant-Coefficient. 4. Sobolev
lems to modeling of neutron diffusion problems and computer Spaces. 5. Linear Elliptic Equations. 6. Linear Evolutions Equa-
codes in which some of the theoretical results are implemented to tions.
create an efficient software for the problems under consideration. Band 11: Qualitative Studies of Linear Equations. 7. Pseudodif-
Due to the importance of flux evaluations in reactors the origi- ferential Operators. 8. Spectral Theory. 9. Scattering by Obsta-
nal diffusion problem is splitted into a coupled system of first cles. 10. Dirac Operators and Index Theory. 11. Brownian Mo-
order partial differential equations, which are treated by a mixed tion and Potential Theory. 12. The b-Neumann Problem.
finite element approach. Major contributions of the author con- Band 111: Nonlinear Equations. 13. Function Space and Opera-
centrate on hybrid and non-conforming finite elements over re- tor Theory for Nonlinear Analysis. 14. Nonlinear Elliptic Equa-
fined box elements in diffusion problems. A special emphasis is tions. 15. Nonlinear Parabolic Equations. 16. Nonlinear Hyper-
given to the construction of adaptive methods which includes bolic Equations. 17. Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations for
error estimators, refinement strategies, and efficient solvers which Incompressible Fluids. 18. Einstein’s equations.
make use of the generated grid hierarchy. Dresden H.-G. R o o s
A brief description of diffusion problems in reactor physics pro-
vides the reader with an impression of the real life applications
behind the thesis and underlines together with the given numer-
ical examples the comprehensive theoretical and practical treat-
ment of adapted finite element techniques in mathematical re-
search and industrial applications. Taylor, M. E.: P a r t i a l D i f f e r e n t i a l E q u a t i o n s . Basic
Overall, the book gives an interesting insight view into recent Theory. New York etc., Springer 1996. XXI, 563 pp., DM 58,OO.
trends in applied mathematics. Beside the good overview, the de- ISBN 0-387-94654-3 (Texts in Applied Mathematics 23)
tails about adaptive grid generation and refining postprocessing
will be fruitful for the interested reader working in the theoreti- Vgl. die vorstehende Besprechung.
cal foundation of finite element techniques as well as for engi-
neers interested in the mathematical background of today ra-
pidly expending efficient numerical methods.
Safat, Kuwait C. GROSSMANN

Alefeld, G . ; Herzberger, J . (eds.): N u m e r i c a l M e t h -

o d s a n d E r r o r B o u n d s . Proceedings of the IMACS-GAMM
International Symposium on Numerical Methods and Error
Bounds held in Oldenburg, Germany, July 9-12, 1995. Berlin,
Akademie Verlag 1996. 303 pp., DM 98.00. ISBN 3-05-501696-3
Taylor, M. E.: P a r t i a l D i f f e r e n t i a l E q u a t i o n s . I: Ba- (Mathematical Research 89)
sic Theory. New York etc., Springer 1996. XXI, 563 pp., DM This volume covers a wide range of fields connected with the
98,OO. ISBN 0-387-94653-5 (Applied Mathematical Sciences 115). development and research on numerical algorithms solving prob-
Partial Differential Equations. 11: Qualitative Studies of Linear lems in science and engineering so that accuracy of the compiited
Equations. New York etc., Springer 1996. XXI, 528 pp., DM values can be guaranteed. Because there is a difference between
98.00. ISBN 0-387-94651-9 (Applied Mathematical Sciences 116). having confidence in the accuracy of computed results and
Partial Differential Equat,ions. 111: Nonlinear Equations. New “knowing” that these results are accurate to the number of digits
York etc., Springer 1996. XXI, 610 pp., DM 98,OO. ISBN 0-387- reported concepts for guaranteeing the reliability of the results
94652-7 (Applied Mathematical Sciences 117) are of considerable interest.
Bei dem vorliegenden Werk von M. E. TAYLOR handelt es sich Due to the title of symposium a great variety of techniques is
urn ein sehr gut geschriebenes Lehrbuch iiber die moderne Theo- addressed here which present different ways of obtaining error
rie partieller Differentialgleichungen. Es ist aus Vorlesungen des bounds for calculated results and give prospects of future activ-
Autors zu unterschiedlichen Teilen des Buches entstanden, die ities in these fields.
der Autor seit 1976 an verschiedenen Universitaten gehalten hat. The 35 papers in this volume are based on 47 lectures (includ-
Das Buch wendet sich an Studenten mit einer gediegenen Ausbil- ing 8 plenary sessions) given at the International IMACS-GAMM
dung in reeller und komplexer Analysis, Differentialgeometrie Symposium on Numerical Methods and Error Bounds hosted by
und MaOtheorie, aber auch a n Hochschullehrer. Speziellere the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Oldenburg, Ger-
Grundkenntnisse werden im Anhang zu Band I bereitgestellt : many, July 9-12, 1995. The symposium was supposed to be a
Eine Einfuhrung in die Funktionalanalysis ; Mannigfaltigkeiten, satellite conference to the ICIAM Congress which was held in
Vektorbiindel und Lie-Gruppen. Ferner gibt es in Kapitel I1 ei- Hamburg during the preceding week.
nen Anhang zu grundlegenden Begriffen aus der Differentialgeo- Due to the great variety of fields dealt with these papers will
metrie, auDerdem noch punktuell zu verschiedenen Kapiteln An- not be reported separately. Some of them are more of theoretical
hangen, die die Ausfuhrungen weitgehend unabhangig von character and others more of practical interest. New develop-
anderen Quellen machen. ments reported include interactions between hardware and soft-
Zahlreiche hilfreiche Abbildungen und eine Fiille von Ubungsauf- ware designs, programming languages, algorithms, methods, and
gaben nach jedem Unterabschnitt betonen den Lehrbuchcharak- concepts offering reliability in scientific computation.
ter dcr drei Bande. But summarizing, it may be stated that the bulk of the contri-
Wic vom Autor selbst vermerkt, gibt es trotz der 1800 Seiten butions is devoted to the different ways of obtaining error
aber Teilgebietc, die nur sehr kurz gestreift werden. Der Referent bounds for numerical results - with emphasis on systems of line-
z. B. wird weiterhin lieber zu E. ZEIDLER:,,Nonlinear Functional ar equations, systems of nonlinear equations, approximation prob-
Analysis and its Applications“, Springer, Berlin 1985-90, greifen, lems, ordinary and partial differential equations, computational
wenn es um die Monotonietheorie nichtlinearer partieller Differ- geometry to selected problems in engineering and computer arith-
entialgleichungen geht. Trotzdem ist dieses Werk von M. E. metic.
TAYLOR durch die Fulle des vorliegenden Materials und die So this book is well suitable for use in lectures, seminars as
pragnante Aufbereitung sicher eine wertvolle Bereicherung seiner well as private studies and provides help and assistance t o the
Bibliothek fur jeden, der auf dem Gebiet der partiellen Differen- user. It should be recommended to students and lecturers as well.
tialgleichungen arbeitet. Dresden H. BAUCH