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A concise treatment of Fourier series and integrals, with particular emphasis on their relation and importance to science and engineering. Illustrates interesting applications which those with limited mathematical knowledge can execute. Key concepts are supported by examples and exercises at the end of each chapter. Includes background on elementary analysis, a comprehensive bibliography, and a guide to further reading for readers who want to pursue the subject in greater depth.

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This introduction to Fourier series and integrals is designed to present and illustrate the theory of the subject by use of historically significant applications. The book is intended for intermediate-level applied mathematics students as well as for students of science or engineering wishing a presentation of the theory requiring a minimum of mathematical prerequisites. A brief introduction to the mathematical analysis background needed is given in the appendixes. Walker does not purport to break new ground either in breadth or depth of presentation, but to give a readable introduction. There is a short bibliography and guide to further reading in more comprehensive sources. Walker uses British spelling, which may be a minor distraction for US readers. The format of the presentation is a conventional style of definition/theorem/proof. The book offers little new to the collection of a library with any of the many standard texts on Fourier theory. However, for the small undergraduate library desiring a brief introduction to this important area of applied mathematics, this would be a reasonable acquisition.-D.Z. Spicer, Dartmouth College