The first edition (94301-3) was published in 1995 in TIMS and had 2264 regular US sales, 928 IC, and 679 bulk.
This new edition updates the text to Mathematica 5.0 and offers a more extensive treatment of linear algebra. It has been thoroughly revised and corrected throughout.
The first edition (94301-3) was published in 1995 in TIMS and had 2264 regular US sales, 928 IC, and 679 bulk.
This new edition updates the text to Mathematica 5.0 and offers a more extensive treatment of linear algebra. It has been thoroughly revised and corrected throughout.
From the reviews of the second edition:
"The introductory differential equations textbook presents a convenient way for professors to integrate ... . Each new idea is interactively developed ... . After first learning about the fundamentals of differential equations and linear algebra, the student is immediately given an opportunity to examine ... . the student is encouraged to think about what the computations reveal, how they are consistent with the mathematics ... . The new revised edition updates ... and offers a more extensive treatment of linear algebra." (Zentralblatt fur Didaktik der Mathematik, January, 2005)
"This text instructs students in solving and using differential equations with both paper-and-pencil techniques and the Mathematica symbolic manipulation program. ... This is a good, thorough standard textbook with good explanations." (Steven Dunbar, MathDL, January, 2005)