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Series Preface

Mathematics is playing an ever more important role in the physical and
biological sciences, provoking a blurring of boundaries between scientific
disciplines and a resurgence of interest in the modern as well as the classical
techniques of applied mathematics. This renewal of interest, both in re-
search and teaching, has led to the establishment of the series Texts in
Applied Mathematics (TAM).
The development of new courses is a natural consequence of a high level
of excitement on the research frontier as newer techniques, such as numeri-
cal and symbolic computer systems, dynamical systems, and chaos, mix
with and reinforce the traditional methods of applied mathematics. Thus,
the purpose of this textbook series is to meet the current and future needs
of these advances and to encourage the teaching of new courses.
TAM will publish textbooks suitable for use in advanced undergraduate
and beginning graduate courses, and will complement the Applied Mathe-
matical Sciences (AMS) series, which will focus on advanced textbooks and
research-level monographs.

Pasadena, California J.E. Marsden
Providence, Rhode Island L. Sirovich
College Park, Maryland S.S. Antman