Elementary differential equations - Hardcover

Rainville, Earl D. & Bedient, Phillip E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0023977205 ISBN 13: 9780023977206

Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company/Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1974

Synopsis

A clear, concise book that emphasizes finding solutions to differential equations where applications play an important role. Each chapter includes many illustrative examples to assist the reader. The book emphasizes methods for finding solutions to differential equations. It provides many abundant exercises, applications, and solved examples with careful attention given to readability. Elementary Differential Equations includes a thorough treatment of power series techniques. In addition, the book presents a classical treatment of several physical problems to show how Fourier series become involved in the solution of those problems. The eighth edition of Elementary Differential Equations has been revised to include a new supplement in many chapters that provides suggestions and exercises for using a computer to assist in the understanding of the material in the chapter. It also now provides an introduction to the phase plane and to different types of phase portraits. A valuable reference book for readers interested in exploring the technological and other applications of differential equations.

About this title

From the Back Cover

In publishing a new edition of Elementary Differential Equations, we have two main goals. First, we hope to maintain the direct style that users of earlier editions have come to expect. Secondly, in response to changes in the nature of many differential equations courses, we have added some new geometric material, reorganized some sections, and added a computer component to the text.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company/Collier Macmillan Publishers
• Publication date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0023977205
• ISBN 13: 9780023977206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 511