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Differential Equations with Boundary-Value Problems

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DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH BOUNDARY-VALUE PROBLEMS, 7th Edition strikes a balance between the analytical, qualitative, and quantitative approaches to the study of differential equations. This proven and accessible text speaks to beginning engineering and math students through a wealth of pedagogical aids, including an abundance of examples, explanations, "Remarks" boxes, definitions, and group projects. Using a straightforward, readable, and helpful style, this book provides a thorough treatment of boundary-value problems and partial differential equations.

608 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

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951 reviews162 followers
June 8, 2016
This book was seriously lacking.

It would not explain why one did anything, and just show a proof. Then it would only use the most trivial example to show how to do something, sometimes using the same equation over and over again for different methods of solving problems. Sometimes the examples would skip steps making them hard to follow. Then it would constantly refer back to things in earlier chapters rather than talk about them again. Given that this book costs $150, I think they could have afforded to use a few more pages to explain why they where even do what they where doing, and to not have been so lazy with their examples.

To compound this situation, the teacher I had lacked the ability to teach anything, so I had to learn everything on my own. So having a book that was at least useful would have been a help.
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April 28, 2021
It was not entirely simple to follow. When you reach series which is needed for solutions around singular points and ordinary points its difficult to follow unless you fully know series which the review does not entirely explain the more complex problems. Yet, not too bad overall.
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May 16, 2018
Good for ODE, lots of examples and proofs of problem solving techniques. Very hand-wavy when it came to the PDE's. I would recommend for use in an ODE course but would suggest supplemental reading if taking a PDE course.
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June 30, 2023
Una genial y muy amena introducción a las ecuaciones diferenciales, muy bueno para cualquier estudiante de Ingeniería
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November 6, 2019
Las ecuaciones en el dominio del tiempo o en el dominio de la frecuencia, las transformadas de Laplace dejaron de ser un misterio tras la lectura de esta hermosa obra. Es indispensable para analizar situaciones en el mundo de la ingeniería como calcular el desarrollo de bacterias en determinado tiempo, analizar el comportamiento de una señal eléctrica o la velocidad a la que gira un rollo de papel.
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January 5, 2014
I absolutely love this book. I'm in graduate-level PDEs right now and I still use this book as a reference. It contains examples for just about every type of problem. It offers sufficient explanation. It even tells you (gasp!) when you can use what method. It has everything by graduate school books are missing.
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329 reviews94 followers
January 27, 2011
Excellent book with ample questions and exercises to practice. This book really helped me understand differential equations and I think for any student of the subject this will be an excellent guide.
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December 3, 2012
An overall good text book, I don't have much to say about it. I feel it covered the topics well and could have been better through more examples perhaps, but all around good.
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December 8, 2013
If it is Free Service For Students then it is highly appreciable....Well done....otherwise kindly make it free for students..!!
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February 16, 2014
Great info.. but i think it needs to be more specific.! and a lot more examples.
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November 26, 2024
A dependable textbook on ordinary differential equations. This was my textbook for that class. Its balance between rigor and student-friendliness was most welcome.
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