Student Solutions Manual to accompany Boyce Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems [Paperback]

Charles W. Haines (Author), William E. Boyce (Author), Richard C. DiPrima (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471433403 | ISBN-13: 978-0471433408 | Publication Date: August 6, 2004 | Edition: 8

This revision of Boyce & DiPrima's market-leading text maintains its classic strengths: a contemporary approach with flexible chapter construction, clear exposition, and outstanding problems. Like previous editions, this revision 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.

Student Solutions Manual:

Created as an integral learning aid to Boyce and DiPrima's Elementary Differntial Equations, 8E, this Solutions Manual provides worked out answers to select problems in the text. Using the Solutions Manual as you work your way through the course will ensure that you are doing the work right all along.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 8 edition (August 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471433403
• ISBN-13: 978-0471433408
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very insufficient...., October 27, 2004

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Jack Green (Jonesboro, AR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Student Solutions Manual to accompany Boyce Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems (Paperback)

I am an engineering student and currently in differential equations. I bought this solutions manual to accompany the text book (which I also strongly don't recommend) and wish I had returned it to the bookstore in time. Unforntuately, I am stuck with it now. This solutions manual does not explain anything thoroughly. Any questions with problems that I have, or anyone else in my class for that matter, are almost always skipped over as if the answer to the question is blatantly obvious. You'll probably have much better luck researching the answers to your questions on the internet or just asking your professor to explain it, because this solutions manual is next to no help at all.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible..., December 6, 2004

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Z. Brown - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Student Solutions Manual to accompany Boyce Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems (Paperback)

Not only is this book a poor choice to learn from, but it also is not suitable as a reference for Differential Equations. As a student who is used to learning math material primarily by reading the book, I have found this textbook far below average. Each chapter begins with a brief explanation that consists mostly of formal proofs. I don't mind having formal proofs if there is also intuitive explanations, which this book lacks. For the most part, the authors of the book don't seem too eager to actually have the student understand the material. The examples are a little more helpful but usually the authors skip steps or don't even solve the problem the whole way threw almost as if the they want the reader to try to figure EVERYTHING out on his or her own. This, in my opinion, is not the best way to teach this math.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Awful, October 3, 2005

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Edward Crabbe - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Student Solutions Manual to accompany Boyce Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems (Paperback)

If only there were less stars to give.

This is one of the worst solutions manuals I've ever owned - problems are selected for solution in no discernable pattern (eg: problems 1,2 and 5b are worked in sec6.1) many solutions are only partially completed, and crucial steps have been skipped in many of the problems that /have/ been worked.

It would be more appropriate for Wiley to have marketed this as a 'Student Hints Manual' or perhaps 'Student Badly-Type-Set-Partially-Worked-Randomly-Selected Solutions Manual'.