Elementary Differential Equations

Elementary Differential Equations presents the standard material in a first course on di erential equations, including all standard methods which have been a part of the subject since the time of Newton and the Bernoulli brothers. The emphasis in this book is on theory and methods and di erential equations as a part of analysis.

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Kenneth Kutler is Professor, Brigham Young University, holds his PhD from University of Texas.His primary area of research is Partial Differential Equations and Inclusions.

Inhalt

Preface; 1 Some Prerequisite Topics; I First Order Scalar Differential Equations, Methods; 2 The Idea Of A Differential Equation; 3 Homogeneous Linear Equations; 4 Nonhomogeneous Equations; 5 Laplace Transform Methods; III Series Methods For Scalar; 6 Power Series; 7 Power Series Methods; IV First Order Linear Systems; 8 First Order Systems Of Differential Equations, Theory; 9 Methods For First Order Systems; V Partial Differential Equations; 10 Boundary Value Problems And Fourier Series; 11 Some Famous Partial Differential Equations; VI Non-linear Systems Of O.D.E.; 12 Theory Of Ordinary Differential Equations; 13 Equilibrium Points And Limit Cycles; 14 The Center Manifold; Appendix A: Calculus Review 381; Appendix B Series, Appendix C Review Of Linear Algebra; Appendix D Theory Of Functions Of Many Variables; Appendix E Spectral Theory; Appendix F Linear Transformations; Appendix G Implicit Function Theorem; Appendix H The Jordan Curve Theorem; Bibliography; Index