Elementary Differential Equations
by William E. Boyce, Richard C. DiPrima · William E. Boyce
Boyce and DiPrima's standard undergraduate text, sixth edition, covering first- and second-order equations, series solutions, Laplace transforms, linear systems, numerical methods and phase-plane analysis. Readers finish able to solve and qualitatively analyze boundary value problems.
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