Ordinary differential equations

Author(s)

• Birkhoff, Garrett
• Rota, Gian-Carlo

Bibliographic Information

Ordinary differential equations

Garrett Birkhoff, Gian-Carlo Rota

Wiley, c1989

4th ed

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 392-394

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A carefully revised edition of the well-respected ODE text, whose unique treatment provides a smooth transition to critical understanding of proofs of basic theorems. First chapters present a rigorous treatment of background material; middle chapters deal in detail with systems of nonlinear differential equations; final chapters are devoted to the study of second-order linear differential equations. The power of the theory of ODE is illustrated throughout by deriving the properties of important special functions, such as Bessel functions, hypergeometric functions, and the more common orthogonal polynomials, from their defining differential equations and boundary conditions. Contains several hundred exercises. Prerequisite is a first course in ODE.

Table of Contents

First-Order of Differential Equations. Second-Order Linear Equations. Linear Equations with Constant Coefficients. Power Series Solutions. Plane Autonomous Systems. Existence and Uniqueness Theorems. Approximate Solutions. Efficient Numerical Integration. Regular Singular Points. Sturm-Liouville Systems. Expansions in Eigenfunctions. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA04351179
• ISBN:
  • 0471860034
  • 0471500208
• LCCN: 88014231
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 399 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA372
  • DC19 : 515.3/52
  • NDC8 : 413.62
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Differential equations