Elementary Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems (Trench)
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This text is written for students in science, engineering, and mathematics who have completed calculus through partial differentiation. In writing this book I have been guided by the these principles:
- An elementary text should be written so the student can read it with comprehension without too much pain. I have tried to put myself in the student’s place, and have chosen to err on the side of too much detail rather than not enough.
- An elementary text can’t be better than its exercises. This text includes 1695 numbered exercises, many with several parts. They range in difficulty from routine to very challenging.
- An elementary text should be written in an informal but mathematically accurate way, illustrated by appropriate graphics. I have tried to formulate mathematical concepts succinctly in language that students can understand. I have minimized the number of explicitly stated theorems and definitions, preferring to deal with concepts in a more conversational way, copiously illustrated by 250 completely worked out examples. Where appropriate, concepts and results are depicted in 144 figures.
Front Matter
1: Introduction
2: First Order Equations
3: Numerical Methods
4: Applications of First Order Equations
5: Linear Second Order Equations
6: Applications of Linear Second Order Equations
7: Series Solutions of Linear Second Order Equations
8: Laplace Transforms
9: Linear Higher Order Differential Equations
10: Linear Systems of Differential Equations
11: Boundary Value Problems and Fourier Expansions
12: Fourier Solutions of Partial Differential Equations
13: Boundary Value Problems for Second Order Linear Equations
A: Appendices and Answers to Exercises
Back Matter
Thumbnail: A direction field and integral curves for y′=x21−x2−y2. (CC BY-NC 3.0; William F. Trench via source content)