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Schaum's Outline of Differential Equations, 3rd edition (Schaum's Outline Series)

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My diff eq text sucked. I ordered this book to supplement it. As with just about all of their other products, this one cut right to the chase. It was very helpful in the respect that my text had almost no good examples. I will be getting rid of the text, but I will keep this for reference.

The only real lacking feature is the organization of the material. Now it may just be me, but I felt the chapters skipped around a little much. But as a reference, does it really matter? The one thing I can't understand is the part about technology. Did you know that modern calculators and computers can perform symbolic manipulation? Sure you did! It would be nice if they just deleted this section, or preferebly, organized a new section about how to apply that technology, say with a ti-89, which most students at this level have anyway; the information on the ti-89 would also apply to the ti-92 and ti-200, eliminating redundancy. This would be most helpful.

I got this guide in the vain hope that I would be able to learn ODE in time for my second exam (there were 3 exams-the class was 2/3 over and I hadn't studied since the first week). I was able to learn all the material we had covered in (a rather long and hectic) 3 days. The book was very easy to read and the problems very helpful. By the end of the class, I had studied for about a week total and, thanks to this guide, had learned the material.

This book saved my a**.

this book was a great help in my differental equations class, it porvided a different explanation about the method of solving the differential equation. but i mostly used this book for the extra problems to reenforce the different methods of solving the diff. Eq. this book helped me to get an A in the course. i could not give this book a bad revew because of all the help it gave me.

Used it to help me through 2 of my college classes...both of which I received A's. Definitely a great tool to overcome difficulty with ordinary and complex differential equation problems.

Like most of other SCHAUM'S outlines, the book provides the essential and important knowledge about Differential Equations. If you are dealing with math, engineering and science and would like to have a structured reference about ODE, then this book definitely should be placed on your working desk.

I'm not one to say much so I'll keep this kind of short. It always helps to have another point of view and explanation other than those offered in the classroom, whether one struggles with this material or not. This book was definitely worth purchasing.

Got this to be an understandable reference after I couldn't understand the text I had to use for the class. Product did exactly that.

First, it must be said that the Schaum Outline series provides an inexpensive way for students to get more practice and check their answers. In general, I recommend these texts. That said, I used this as a supplement to a DE class I taught and it was such a pain. The notation is nonstandard, symbols for Bessel functions are downright wrong and things like this. The application exercises were more focused on converting from English units to SI units than on the variety of application problems. To add to the fun, the cgs system is also thrown into the mix. Granted, engineers and the like need to be able to switch, but that's not the point of a DE class. It is nice to have sections on the Laplace transform and first-order systems and most exercises are ok, if repetitive. Students will have to work hard to keep the notation straight and not confuse themselves. I wouldn't use this in another class.

Very helpful if you are looking for a set of worked-out ODE problems; a bad idea if you are trying to learn the subject, or refresh your memory.

PS. Holzner's "DE for Dummies" is one nice cheap beginner book - but I would still go for a "regular" textbook.

It is an excellent volume. It refreshes my Differential Equation techniques adequately.