Second Course in Ordinary Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers (Universitext)
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (513 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0387966765 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 441 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A little disappointed M Raj This book is written in an annoying "typewriter" font, which makes it difficult to read many of the equations, and even worse, the authors were for some reason averse to taking up any more space than necessary to write out a formula, leading to expressions like "1/n cosnx+nsinnx",
The book attempts to blend mathematical theory with nontrivial applications from varipus disciplines. This book is an outgrowth of such courses taught by us in the last ten years at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Therefore, this book contains more than enough material for a one semester course.. It does not contain lengthy proofs of mathematial theorems as this would be inappropriate for its intended audience. In fact the number of engineering and science students requiring a second course in these topics has been increasing. The world abounds with introductory texts on ordinary differential equations and rightly so in view of the large number of students taking a course in this subject. Nevertheless, in each case we motivated these theorems and their practical use through examples and in some cases an "intuitive proof" is included. In view of this approach the book could be used also by aspiring mathematicians who wish to obtain an overview of the more advanced aspects of differential equations and an insight into some of its applications. We have included a wide range of topics in order to afford the instructor the flexibility in designing such a course according to t