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

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About the Author

Richard Bronson, Ph.D., is a professor of mathematics at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Gabriel Costa, Ph.D., is an associate professor of mathematics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at West Point.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 3 edition (June 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071456872
• ISBN-13: 978-0071456876
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #93,502 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent supplement, March 20, 2007

By	A. mcpherson "Endless Loop" (Seattle WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic , December 20, 2006

By	Sparkles - See all my reviews

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**.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great supplement with another book, January 4, 2007

By	A. Barber (Grand Rapids MI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.