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Ordinary Differential Equations: A Brief Eclectic Tour

By David A. Sanchez

Book information

Publisher
The Mathematical Association of America
Year
2002
ISBN
0883857235, 9780883857236
LCC
QA372 .S175 2002
Open Library ID
OL3572330M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1305188 bytes)
Series
Classroom Resource Materials
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
143\143
Time added
2011-01-06 10:13:16

Description

For the instructor or student confronting an introductory course in ordinary differential equations there is a need for a brief guide to the key concepts in the subject. Important topics like stability, resonance, existence of periodic solutions, and the essential role of continuation of solutions are often engulfed in a sea of exercises in integration, linear algebra theory, computer programming and an overdose of series expansions. This book is intended as that guide. It is more conceptual than definitive and more light-hearted than pedagogic. It covers key topics and theoretical underpinnings that are necessary for the study of rich topics like nonlinear equations or stability theory. The author has included a great many illuminating examples and discussions that uncover the conceptual heart of the matter.

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