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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 Trench, a 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 |
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+ | 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 a | ||
+ | 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" |