Skip to main content

Distributions and Green’s functions

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Principles of Partial Differential Equations

Part of the book series: Problem Books in Mathematics ((PBM))

  • 3586 Accesses

Abstract

Laurent Schwartz introduced distributions in late 1940s. See [Sch66a, Sch66b]. “Weak derivatives” were introduced by S.L. Sobolev in 1935.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Alexander Komech or Andrew Komech .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Komech, A., Komech, A. (2009). Distributions and Green’s functions. In: Principles of Partial Differential Equations. Problem Books in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1096-7_3

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics