
A First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications
ISBN: 9789353502539
Higher Education
Author(s): Dennis G. Zill
ISBN: 9789360532291
9th Edition
Copyright: 2018
India Release: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 648
Trim Size: 279x216 mm
Straightforward and easy to read, DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH BOUNDARY-VALUE PROBLEMS, 9th Edition, gives you a thorough overview of the topics typically taught in a first course in Differential Equations as well as an introduction to boundary-value problems and partial Differential Equations. Your study will be supported by a bounty of pedagogical aids, including an abundance of examples, explanations, "Remarks" boxes, definitions, and more.
1. Introduction to Differential Equations
2. First-Order Differential Equations
3. Modeling With First-Order Differential Equations
4. Higher-Order Differential Equations
5. Modeling With Higher-Order Differential Equations
6. Series Solutions of Linear Equations
7. Laplace Transform
8. Systems Of Linear First-Order Differential Equations
9. Numerical Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations
10. Plane Autonomous Systems
11. Orthogonal Functions and Fourier Series
12. Boundary-Value Problems in Rectangular Coordinates
13. Boundary-Value Problems in Other Coordinate Systems
14. Integral transform method
15. Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations
Laplace's Equation. Heat Equation. Wave Equation. Chapter 15 in Review.
Appendix I: Gamma Function.
Appendix II: Matrices.
Appendix III: Laplace Transforms.
Answers for Selected Odd-Numbered Problems.
Dennis G. Zill
Dennis Zill received a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Iowa State University, and is a former professor of Mathematics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Loras College in Iowa, and California Polytechnic State University.