Description
This new edition represents a rather considerable revision of the first edition. In response to the requests of many users of the first edition, the number of exercises has been increased approximately thirty percent. Additional theory has been included, and improved demonstrations have replaced some of the earlier proofs. This edition contains one chapter more than the first edition. The major aims of this book remain unchanged-to provide a text in the spirit to the current emphasis on quality mathematics for all students of the subject and to make available to the student those ideas which are fundamental to the understanding of ordinary differential equations. The book is planned so that it may be used in different ways, depending on the preparation of the class. Experience in teaching the material indicates that students who have completed a sound course in elementary calculus will be able to understand the statements of all theorems and that they will find the solution of all but a few exercises attainable. Numerous worked examples are provided.
