This directory contains a free www-book, LECTURE NOTES ON PDE'S: SEPARATION OF VARIABLES AND ORTHOGONALITY by Richard H. Rand Dept.of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Cornell University Ithaca NY 14853 rhr2@cornell.edu http://tam.cornell.edu/Rand.html Please reference these notes as follows: "Lecture Notes on PDE's, version ??", R.H.Rand, 200?, available online at http://audiophile.tam.cornell.edu/randdocs/ Features of various versions: version 11 (2006) was used as a text in TAM 310 Spring 2006. version 12 (2006) was used as a text in TAM 611 Spring 2006. version 13 (2006) corrects a misprint in version 12. version 14 (2008) corrects website address, text in TAM 310 Spring 2008. version 15 (2008) corrects a misprint in version 14. version 16 (2009) corrects various misprints - thanks to Steve Strogatz version 17 (2015) same as version 16 with a new title page version 18 (2016) figures improved