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- From: kekamins@zeno30.math.UWaterloo.ca (kekaminsky)
- Subject: Re: Diff Eq Books
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
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- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:18:58 GMT
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- In article <85218@ut-emx.uucp> tlea@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Thomas C. Lea) writes:
- >I just finshed my first Diff Eq course and realy liked it. To bad I had
- >such a horrible book, along with a teacher. So I'm looking for a good
- >first book on Diff Eq. The Book we used was by Guterman & Nitecki. Any
- >suggestions would be greatly appreaciated.
- >
- > Thanks
-
- The one used here at Waterloo is Simmons, "Differential Equations". Its rigourous
- enough without being (excuse me Pure mathies on the net) pedantic, and includes
- lots of excellent history, and applications. Also includes a chapter
- on Calc. of Variations, and Dynamical Systems.
-
- Kirk
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