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Title: Fundamentals of Differential Equations, Sixth Edition by R. Kent Nagle, Edward B. Saff, Arthur David Snider ISBN: 0-321-14572-0 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: 15 July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $112.33 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.44 (9 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Not Fundamental
Comment: The course in ODE using this text was my tenth mathematics class and this book took the cake in the "Worst Math Book Ever" category. The authors explain too much information in an abstract way with a major lack of corresponding examples. It is also the only math book of the ten I have that I never go back to for reference. It ended up being the most expensive toilet paper I ever bought. The only saving grace for the future editions of this line of texts is that the author passed away last year. If anyone needs this book for an ODE class, I strongly recommend the schaumms(sp) outline for ODE.
Rating: 4
Summary: Differential Equations...
Comment: Although this book is used in introductory differential equation courses, it contains too few worked examples to work as an introductory text. The student who uses this book should have some (not a lot, but some) background on the subject, even if they get that knowledge from the professor's lecture. My professor gave formulas for reduction of order and variation of parameters that were easier to use than those given in the book. Then again, he explained the topic so well that I hardly had to use the book except for homework, and I still got an A+. The book is well written, but perhaps better suited for an intermediate differential equations course.
Rating: 4
Summary: Seems clear & well-organized, with nicely displayed examples
Comment: I have to admit I haven't read this book in detail - just browsed throught it at a bookstore. But I have studied a number of other ODE books, including Boyce and DiPrima, and looked at this to clarify a bit of confusion on the method of undetermined coefficients. It was very clear, clearer than Boyce. Also there seemed to be numerous examples of various methods, and a wide selection of methods in both ODE's and PDE's for an elementary textbook. My general impression was that it is rather similar to Boyce, but even clearer. Perhaps these books are a bit advanced for some beginning students though?
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Title: Fundamentals of Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems by Nagle-Staff ISBN: 0201338696 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Linear Algebra and Its Applications (3rd Edition) by David C. Lay ISBN: 0201709708 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: 18 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $108.00 |
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Title: Schaum's Outline of Differential Equations by Richard Bronson ISBN: 0070080194 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Sears and Zemansky's University Physics With Modern Physics (Addison-Wesley Series in Physics) by Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman, T. R. Sandin, A. Lewis Ford ISBN: 0201603365 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $146.00 |
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Title: Engineering Circuit Analysis with Replacement CD ROM by William Hart Hayt ISBN: 0072853204 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 19 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $129.60 |
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