Differential Equations With Applications and Historical Notes (International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics) - Hardcover

Simmons, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070575401 ISBN 13: 9780070575400

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1991

Synopsis

A revision of a much-admired text distinguished by the exceptional prose and historical/mathematical context that have made Simmons' books classics. The Second Edition includes expanded coverage of Laplace transforms and partial differential equations as well as a new chapter on numerical methods.

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Book Description:

This revision is for the differential equations course taken by sophomores and juniors majoring in math, physics, and engineering. It will also appeal to secondary math education majors. A middle-to-higher level approach, the text is distinguished by the exceptional prose and historical applications that have made Simmons' writings classics. This edition features a considerable increase in the exercises as well as expanded coverage of numerical methods, Laplace transforms, and partial differential equations.

About the Author:

GEORGE F. SIMMONS has academic degree from the CAlifornia Institute of Technology, the university of chicago, and Yale University. He taught at several colleges and universities before joining the faculty of Colorado college in 1962, where he is a professor of mathematics. He is also the author of introduction to topology and Modern Analysis, Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell and calculus with Analytic Geometry.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0070575401
• ISBN 13: 9780070575400
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 640