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-The bookstore is selling ​Zill //First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications//,​  +======Math 527 suggested textbooks====== 
-10th edition. However, ** you are not required to buy this book.** Any edition of Zill will do. +  * D. Zill //First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications//​. Brooks/​Cole. 
-In fact, any textbook on differential equations written in the last thirty years will cover the same  +  * {{http://​ramanujan.math.trinity.edu/​wtrench/​texts/​TRENCH_FREE_DIFFEQ_I.PDF | Elementary Differential Equations}} by William Trencha free online textbook. 
-topics (perhaps with different notation, but you should be capable of adjusting for that). I do  +  * M. Braun //​Differential Equations and their Applications//,​ Springer-Verlag.  
-strongly suggest that you buy a textbook, study it, and +  * Boyce & DiPrima //​Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems//, Wiley 
 + 
 +The bookstore is selling Zill's textbook, ​10th edition. However, ** you are not required to  
 +buy this book.** Any edition of Zill will do. In fact, any textbook on differential equations ​ 
 +written in the last thirty years will cover the same topics (perhaps with different notation, ​ 
 +but you should be capable of adjusting for that). I do strongly suggest that you obtain ​ 
 +textbook, study it, and keep it for future reference.
  
 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
-  * M 1/28: "1st order linear"​ might also be called "​integrating factors"​ or "​variation of parameters"​ +  * M 1/27: "1st order linear"​ might also be called "​integrating factors"​ or "​variation of parameters"​ 
-  * W 2/20: "​judicious guessing"​ might also be called "​undetermined coefficients"​ +  * W 2/21: "​judicious guessing"​ might also be called "​undetermined coefficients"​
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