The natural place for an informal acquaintance with such ideas is a leisurely introductory course on differential equations. Specially designed for just such a course, Differential Equations with Applications and Historical Notes takes great pleasure in the journey into the world of differential equations and their wide range of applications. The author—a highly respected educator—advocates a careful approach, using explicit explanation to ensure students fully comprehend the subject matter.
With an emphasis on modeling and applications, the long-awaited Third Edition of this classic textbook presents a substantial new section on Gauss’s bell curve and improves coverage of Fourier analysis, numerical methods, and linear algebra. Relating the development of mathematics to human activity—i.e., identifying why and how mathematics is used—the text includes a wealth of unique examples and exercises, as well as the author’s distinctive historical notes, throughout.
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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).