Differential Equations Computing and Modeling (4th Edition)

This practical book reflects the new technological emphasis that permeates differential equations, including the wide availability of scientific computing environments like Maple, Mathematica, and MATLAB; it does not concentrate on traditional manual methods but rather on new computer-based methods that lead to a wider range of more realistic applications. The book starts and ends with discussions of mathematical modeling of real-world phenomena, evident in figures, examples, problems, and applications throughout the book. For mathematicians and those in the field of computer science and engineering.

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.


Great Book   January 30, 2003
Erhan Senlik (Stony Brook University, NY USA)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful

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.   September 25, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

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!!


Exellent book from which to learn Diff Eqs.   August 14, 1998
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

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.


Differential equation text   September 26, 2005
A. A. Mire
0 out of 23 found this review helpful

The textbook was in good condition and i recieved within a week