Elementary Differential Equations 8th edition by Earl Rainville, Phillip Bedient, Richard Bedient 0135080118 978-0135080115

Authors:Earl David Rainville; Phillip Edward Bedient; Richard E. Bedient , Series:Mechanical engineering [17] , Tags:Mathematics; Differential Equations; General , Author sort:Rainville, Earl David & Bedient, Phillip Edward & Bedient, Richard E. , Ids:9780135080115 , Languages:Languages:eng , Published:Published:Nov 1997 , Publisher:Prentice Hall , Comments:Comments:A clear, concise book that emphasizes finding solutions to differential equations where applications play an important role. Each chapter includes many illustrative examples to assist the reader. KEY TOPICS: The book emphasizes methods for finding solutions to differential equations. It provides many abundant exercises, applications, and solved examples with careful attention given to readability. Elementary Differential Equations includes a thorough treatment of power series techniques. In addition, the book presents a classical treatment of several physical problems to show how Fourier series become involved in the solution of those problems. The eighth edition of Elementary Differential Equations has been revised to include a new supplement in many chapters that provides suggestions and exercises for using a computer to assist in the understanding of the material in the chapter. It also now provides an introduction to the phase plane and to different types of phase portraits. MARKET: A valuable reference book for readers interested in exploring the technological and other applications of differential equations.