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Student Solutions Manual for Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing and Modeling

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It's always nice to have a solutions manual, but this one (4th edition) is almost the same as the online downloadable 3rd edition one that included odd answers. And in general, whoever made the solutions manual for this textbook is not very detailed. They always skip steps. I've used solution manuals for other math classes like multivariable (thomas calculus) and linear algebra, and those solutions manuals were awesome, explaining how to do every step of the problem. But I mean, this textbook is also the worst of all the math classes I've taken, in terms of explaining things. So it's expected i guess.

It seems the author's goal in creating this solutions manual was to show as few intermediate steps as possible. You'd think that most people would take the opposite approach when writing a solutions manual for a differential equations textbook. What a waste. And here I was, hoping for a little help studying for my exam in 3 days. Shipping was right on time though!

This book has definatly helped out on understanding the process but for it being a solution manual it wouldn't hurt to show more steps on how they gey there answers. I would say that it is ok, but has room for improvement.

The solutions manual really doesn't help that much. It often skips quite a few steps and just sorta *poof* there's the answer. All the odd answers are in the back of the book, anyways. So I'd recommend not buying this and just using cramster or some other site if you need help with the actual process of solving the problems.

Absolutely terrible for someone who likes to see how problems are done out in detail. The original textbook doesn't help much either.

This is a decent textbook but there is something for free online that is a million times better...Search Pauls Notes and Lamar University on google and get his free textbook/notes. They are the best Differential Equations notes/textbook I have came across and they are free.