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 enlarge | Authors: Richard Bronson, Gabriel Costa
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 25954
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0071456872
Dewey Decimal Number: 515.35
EAN: 9780071456876
Publication Date: June 15, 2006
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 Essential Reference April 25, 2008
Masoud Hayatdavoodi (Honolulu, HI USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like most of other SCHAUM'S outlines, the book provides the essential and important knowledge about Differential Equations. If you are dealing with math, engineering and science and would like to have a structured reference about ODE, then this book definitely should be placed on your working desk.
 Excellent supplement March 20, 2007
A. mcpherson (Seattle WA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
My diff eq text sucked. I ordered this book to supplement it. As with just about all of their other products, this one cut right to the chase. It was very helpful in the respect that my text had almost no good examples. I will be getting rid of the text, but I will keep this for reference.
The only real lacking feature is the organization of the material. Now it may just be me, but I felt the chapters skipped around a little much. But as a reference, does it really matter? The one thing I can't understand is the part about technology. Did you know that modern calculators and computers can perform symbolic manipulation? Sure you did! It would be nice if they just deleted this section, or preferebly, organized a new section about how to apply that technology, say with a ti-89, which most students at this level have anyway; the information on the ti-89 would also apply to the ti-92 and ti-200, eliminating redundancy. This would be most helpful.
Very Helpful March 30, 2008
Adam Hartson (Atlanta, GA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not one to say much so I'll keep this kind of short. It always helps to have another point of view and explanation other than those offered in the classroom, whether one struggles with this material or not. This book was definitely worth purchasing.
 not the best schaum text September 13, 2007
roan (oregon)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
First, it must be said that the Schaum Outline series provides an inexpensive way for students to get more practice and check their answers. In general, I recommend these texts. That said, I used this as a supplement to a DE class I taught and it was such a pain. The notation is nonstandard, symbols for Bessel functions are downright wrong and things like this. The application exercises were more focused on converting from English units to SI units than on the variety of application problems. To add to the fun, the cgs system is also thrown into the mix. Granted, engineers and the like need to be able to switch, but that's not the point of a DE class. It is nice to have sections on the Laplace transform and first-order systems and most exercises are ok, if repetitive. Students will have to work hard to keep the notation straight and not confuse themselves. I wouldn't use this in another class.
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