Ordinary Differential Equations

Unlike most texts in differential equations, this textbook gives an early presentation of the Laplace transform, which is then used to motivate and develop many of the remaining differential equation concepts for which it is particularly well suited. For example, the standard solution methods for co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Adkins, William A., Davidson, Mark G. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
Series:Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1 First Order Differential Equations
  • 2 The Laplace Transform
  • 3 Second Order Constant Coefficient Linear Differential Equations
  • 4 Linear Constant Coefficient Differential Equations
  • 5 Second Order Linear Differential Equations
  • 6 Discontinuous Functions and the Laplace Transform
  • 7 Power Series Methods
  • 8 Matrices
  • 9 Linear Systems of Differential Equations
  • A Appendix
  • B Selected Answers
  • C Tables
  • Symbol Index
  • Index