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                                 Polynomial coefficients (Continued)      Principal axis theorem, 291–292
                                   complex roots, 271–272                Projections, 158–159, 178–180,
                                   differential equations with, 112–114       762–763
                                   eigenvalues (λ) as, 269–273             dot products for vectors, 158–159
                                   Laplace transform and, 112–117          orthogonal, 158, 178–180
                                   repeated roots, 273                     stereographic, 762–763
                                 Position function y(x,t), 565–567       Proper node, 333–334
                                 Position vector, 345–346                Pulses, Heaviside formula (H) and,
                                 Potential equation, 641–666                  87–89
                                   Dirichlet problems, 641–655           Punctured disk, 725
                                   Green’s first identity, 659            Pure imaginary numbers, 670
                                   Laplace’s equation, 641–642           Pursuit problem, 35–37
                                   Neumann problems, 659–665             Pythagorean theorem, 156–157
                                   Poisson’s integral formula, 648–649
                                   steady-state equation, 655–658
                                                                         Q
                                 Potential function ϕ, 22–25, 380–381
                                                                         Quadratic forms of matrices, 290–293
                                   exact first-order equations, 22–25
                                                                           defined, 290
                                   vector fields, 380–381
                                                                           mixed product terms, 291
                                 Potential theory, 380–387, 410–411
                                                                           principal axis theorem, 291–292
                                   conservative vector field test,
                                                                           real, 290
                                       383–387, 410–411
                                                                           standard, 291–293
                                   Green’s theorem for, 380–387
                                                                         Quadrilateral vector, 152
                                   independence of the path and,
                                       380–387
                                   Stoke’s theorem for, 410–411          R
                                   3-space, 410–411                      Radiating ends, heat equation for,
                                 Power series, 121–126, 715–724               615–617
                                   antiderivative, existence of, 721–722  Radius of convergence, 717–718
                                   complex numbers, 715–716              Random walks in crystals, matrix
                                   convergence of, 716–718                    application of, 194–197
                                   defined, 716                           Rational functions, 740–745
                                   differentiation of, 718                 defined, 740
                                   integration of, 718                     of sine or cosine, 742–743
                                   isolated zeros, 722–724                 residue theorem integral evaluation
                                   recurrence relations, 123–126                using, 740–745
                                   sequences, 715–716                      times sine or cosine, 742–743
                                   solutions, 121–126                    Rational powers, 692
                                   Taylor expansion, 718–722             Real axis, 670
                                 Powers of complex numbers, 690–692      Real distinct roots, linear second-order
                                   nth roots 690–691                          equations for, 51
                                   rational, 692                         Rectangles, 642–644, 660–662
                                 Prey/predator model, phase portraits      Dirichlet problem for, 642–644
                                     applied to, 338–340                   Neumann problem for, 660–662




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