Differential Equations

by David E. Penney and Charles Henry Edwards

Book Overview

This work focuses on the mathematical modelling of real-world phenomena. It contains 2000 graded problems and computer projects that illustrate the use of computer algebra systems, like Maple,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0133821021
• ISBN13: 9780133821024
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Got me through the class

Before I bought this book my grades were not so good. Afterward they were great. Concise, clear, tons of examples. I would consider it a must have for the bookshelf if you will ever be using differential equations again.

Great Book

Awsome Book, everything is explained very well, I bought the book last week, read 3 chapters without interruption...Best book for differential equations

Very helpful book.

I thought this book was very helpful. Granted, I had a great professor but still, the book works enough examples to get the idea of how to do the problems. That leaves the teacher with the job of explaining the theories.Whenever the book lacked theory explanation, it gave you a list of sources to research to find extra explanation.I liked it but like I said, I had a gr8 professor, this review might have been different if otherwise.If anyone needs a good Calc 3 book, buy the Howard Anton addition. I had a good theory teaching professor for that class but he VERY RARELY worked examples. This book is very good if you have to learn how to do the work by yourself (if you have a teacher like mine was; he was good for theory but left us alone to learn how to do the calc).Hope this helped!!

Very Good Book

I don't know why everyone else attacks this book! I used it in a third semester math class at Cornell which was 1/3 vector calc (we used Thomas' Calculus, another great book), 1/3 differential equations, and 1/3 Fourier Series, partial differential equations, boundary value problems. We covered Chapters 1-3, parts of 4 and 6, and all of chapter 9.The book is excellent. The explanations are clear. The example problems are not just "plug and play." The problems at the end of each section are not bad. I learned about oscillations and mechanical vibrations in physics and then learned about them from this book (3.4/3.6)...the difference was amazing. Their derivations made sense, and the characteristic polynomial technique they use is 1000 times simpler than the trial solution method that many introductory physics books on mechanics use.The book's only weak point is the discussion of stability and the phase plan in 6.1. They develop it through a bunch of examples instead of talking about the general theory behind it. But this is a minor problem.

Exellent book from which to learn Diff Eqs.

I had to learn Diff Eqs. before the semester started, all alone, and I was able to learn, review the necessary calculus, and apply it in my studies. For the person who has trouble reading "math speak", this is a great book to learn from. This text comes highly recommended from me.