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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 515.35 EAN: 9780135981375 ISBN: 0135981379 Label: Prentice Hall Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 636 Publication Date: May 30, 2001 Publisher: Prentice Hall Studio: Prentice Hall Sales Rank: 1108008 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This text strikes a balance between the traditional and the modern. It covers all of the traditional material and more. It offers flexibility of use that will allow faculty at a variety of institutions to use the text. Includes a large number of graphics that display the ideas in ODEs; modeling and applications; and projects, which provide students with the opportunity to bring together much of what they have learned, including analytical, computational, and interpretative skills. Ideal for readers interested in learning about differential equations. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - ABSOLUTE TRASHThis textbook the WORST math textbook I have ever had to use. I was forced to use this book for my Differential Equations and Linear Algebra class at Rice, and I was horrified the first time I opened it. The explanations of the material are extremely convoluted, there are virtually NO example problems, and the problem sets are extremely hard to follow. I considered myself to be competent at math, yet I find that I struggle through this morass of a book. If your professor assigns this text, you ... Read More Rating: - this book should come with its own textbookthis book sucks-- plain and simple. Go and get some outlines and another textbook if you want to learn DiffE from this book. Examples are horrible, none of the problems correlate and this book just doesn't explain the in between steps. When i want to learn something, i need to see the complete though process, not spend hours trying to figure out how they got form point a to point b in the example. Rating:  - Great companion to lectures.The most important thing to keep in mind would be the intended audience of this book. Specifically, the concepts outlined in this text should complement the content provided by a legitimate math instructors. If I were to use this book to self-teach or something of the sorts, I'm sure I would hate this book as well. Although the examples are sometimes unclear, the summaries of techniques are the most helpful parts in the book. At the end of a section, a blue box outlining the fundamental steps in a ... Read More Rating:  - Simply the best undergraduate text extant...and I don't "do" hyperbole. As a math instructor (and math student), I have seen texts on everything from fundamentals of math to real analysis. This book is more practical, clear, and concise than any of them. Students will not only learn techniques to solve differential equations, they will learn the scope and limitations of each technique. A student who truly reads and absorbs this book will walk away with not only an understanding of but also a healthy skepticism toward ... Read More Rating: - lack of examples and horrible explanations make a ghastly diffE textBecause the guy who initiated the project of writing the book is here at Rice, the rest of us are unlucky enough to have to use this book. If your class uses this book, prepare to go to class. All the time. That's because if you fall behind, the book does not do a good job of explaining things to you. Examples are generally vague and only apply to a few types of problems provided at the back of each section. A lot of the time, I'd find myself stumped on a problem, looking back, and realizing there was no ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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