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- | The suggested text for this course is Zill //First Course in Differential Equations | + | The bookstore is selling Zill //First Course in Differential Equations |
- | with Modeling Applications//, 9th edition. However you are not //required// to buy this book. | + | with Modeling Applications//, 10th edition. **You are not required to buy this book.** |
- | Any textbook on differential equations written in the last thirty years will cover the same | + | Any edition of Zill will do fine. In fact, any textbook on differential equations written |
- | topics (perhaps with different notation, but you should be capable of adjusting for that). | + | in the last thirty years will cover the same topics (perhaps with different notation, |
+ | but you should be capable of adjusting for that). | ||
If you use another text, you should be able to find appropriate readings by matching the | If you use another text, you should be able to find appropriate readings by matching the | ||
lecture topic to your text's table of contents or index, with the following hints | lecture topic to your text's table of contents or index, with the following hints | ||
- | * W 9/07: "1st order linear" might also be called "integrating factors" or "variation of parameters" | + | * M 1/28: "1st order linear" might also be called "integrating factors" or "variation of parameters" |
- | * W 9/28: "judicious guessing" might also be called "undetermined coefficients" | + | * W 2/20: "judicious guessing" might also be called "undetermined coefficients" |