 |
 |
|
|
buying more than one thing? (uses Multi-Item Price Optimization™) ...or you can sell this book |
||
 |
 |
intereact!William E. Boyce, Richard C. DiPrima
Edition: 7th
Retail Price (not our price): $126.40
ISBN: 0471319996
ISBN-13: 9780471319993
Publication Date: 2000-08-08
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 768
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Product Description
Written primarily for undergraduate students of mathematics, science, or engineering, who typically take a course on differential equations during their first or second year. The main prerequisite is a working knowledge of calculus. The environment in which instructors teach, and students learn differential equations has changed enormously in the past few years and continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Computing equipment of some kind, whether a graphing calculator, a notebook computer, or a desktop workstation is available to most students. The seventh edition of this classic text reflects this changing environment, while at the same time, it maintains its great strengths - a contemporary approach, flexible chapter construction, clear exposition, and outstanding problems. In addition many new problems have been added and a reorganisation of the material makes the concepts even clearer and more comprehensible. Like its predecessors, this edition is written from the viewpoint of the applied mathematician, focusing both on the theory and the practical applications of differential equations as they apply to engineering and the sciences.
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5
1) Not entirely useless [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Ok, so I'm in the same boat as most of you here.I hardly even opened this book when I first took a course in differential equations. However, once I began taking higher level courses I found its introductory explanations of many forms of solutions (like Bessel Functions) to be useful. Although I don't believe it's worth using in a course in ordinary differential equations, it still makes an ok reference once you've mastered ODE's and periodically need refreshers on particular topics like Euler's equations excetera.So my suggestion is if you're planning on taking a lot of math just bear with this book and master your prof's notes. If your professor gives nasty notes and you're not so great at math ... you might want to buy a cheap paperback backup book if you want to do well. People seem to enjoy Ordinary Differential Equations, I didn't buy it but a friend of mine did and it worked for him (of course he still needed help with some of the assignments).2) Fails at teaching [Rating: 2 out of 5]
Explanations are difficult to understand, and the example problems for each section are insufficient for demonstrating the topic. There are no solutions to the exercises in the back of the book, only answers. If you want to learn diff eq., I would recommend using Pauls Online Notes and your instructor's lectures. This book fails to teach students how to solve problems.3) More/better examples [Rating: 1 out of 5]
The examples in this book are both few and lacking. The text isn't too good at explaining procedures either. Easily the worst math text book I have used.4) Good book [Rating: 4 out of 5]
This book touches every subject and it does so focusing on the mathematical knowledge. This book's strong point is that it doesn't treat the reader as an idiot, as other DE books make a point of doing, but it also doesn't simply provide the method's and theorem's deductions. It's a good book that justifies it's place on any serious science and engineering student and professional.5) Differential Equations with BVP [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Good book, and covers a well range. JustAsk is a feature they have for an extra cost. While I think it is better then the pearson prentice hall books and online content it still skips steps with eigen values and vectors.