Description

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Designed for an introductory course on differential equations, this book uses explicit explanation to ensure students fully comprehend the subject matter. Emphasizing modeling and applications, the third edition of this classic text presents a substantial new section on Gauss's bell curve and improves coverage of Fourier analysis, numerical meth.

About the Author

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George F. Simmons has academic degrees from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California; the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; and Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He taught at several colleges and universities before joining the faculty of Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1962, where he is currently a professor of mathematics. In addition to Differential Equations with Applications and Historical Notes, Third Edition (CRC Press, 2016), Professor Simmons is the author of Introduction to Topology and Modern Analysis (McGraw-Hill, 1963), Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell (Janson Publications, 1981), and Calculus with Analytic Geometry (McGraw-Hill, 1985).