Whitham, G. B. Linear and nonlinear waves. (English) Zbl 0373.76001 Pure and Applied Mathematics. A Wiley-Interscience Series of Texts, Monographs, and Tracts. New York etc.: John Wiley & Sons. XVI, 636 p. £12.15 (1974). Page: −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 ±0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 Show Scanned Page Cited in 41 ReviewsCited in 2831 Documents MSC: 76-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to fluid mechanics 74-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids 35-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to partial differential equations 76B15 Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction 76B25 Solitary waves for incompressible inviscid fluids 76L05 Shock waves and blast waves in fluid mechanics 76J20 Supersonic flows 76P05 Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics 76Q05 Hydro- and aero-acoustics 76U05 General theory of rotating fluids 76V05 Reaction effects in flows 74Jxx Waves in solid mechanics 35-XX Partial differential equations × Cite Format Result Cite Review PDF Digital Library of Mathematical Functions: §9.16 Physical Applications ‣ Applications ‣ Chapter 9 Airy and Related Functions