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Differential Equations for Engineers
A one semester first course on differential equations, aimed at engineering students. Prerequisite for the course is the basic calculus sequence.
- Author
- Jiří Lebl
- Publisher
- Oklahoma State University
- Source
- LibreTexts
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 63 sections
- 1: First order ODEs
- 1.1 Integrals as solutions
- 1.2: Slope fields
- 1.3 Separable Equations
- 1.4 Linear equations and the integrating factor
- 1.5: Substitution
- 1.6 Autonomous equations
- 1.7: Numerical methods: Euler’s method
- 1.E: First order ODEs (Exercises)
- 2: Higher order linear ODEs
- 2.1: Second order linear ODEs
- 2.2: Constant coefficient second order linear ODEs
- 2.3: Higher order linear ODEs
- 2.4: Mechanical Vibrations
- 2.5: Nonhomogeneous Equations
- 2.6: Forced Oscillations and Resonance
- 2.E: Higher order linear ODEs (Exercises)
- 3: Systems of ODEs
- 3.1: Introduction to Systems of ODEs
- 3.2: Matrices and linear systems
- 3.3: Linear systems of ODEs
- 3.4: Eigenvalue Method
- 3.5: Two dimensional systems and their vector fields
- 3.6: Second order systems and applications
- 3.7: Multiple Eigenvalues
- 3.8: Matrix exponentials
- 3.9: Nonhomogeneous systems
- 3.E: Systems of ODEs (Exercises)
- 4: Fourier series and PDEs
- 4.1: Boundary value problems
- 4.2: The Trigonometric Series
- 4.3: More on the Fourier Series
- 4.4: Sine and cosine series
- 4.5: Applications of Fourier series
- 4.6: PDEs, separation of variables, and the heat equation
- 4.7: One dimensional wave equation
- 4.8: D’Alembert solution of the wave equation
- 4.9: Steady state temperature and the Laplacian
- 4.10: Dirichlet problem in the circle and the Poisson kernel
- 4.E: Fourier series and PDEs (Exercises)
- 5: Eigenvalue problems
- 5.1: Sturm-Liouville problems
- 5.2: Application of eigenfunction series
- 5.3: Steady periodic solutions
- 5.E: Eigenvalue Problems (Exercises)
- 6: The Laplace Transform
- 6.1: The Laplace Transform
- 6.2: Transforms of derivatives and ODEs
- 6.3: Convolution
- 6.4: Dirac delta and impulse response
- 6.E: The Laplace Transform (Exercises)
- 7: Power series methods
- 7.1: Power Series
- 7.2: Series solutions of linear second order ODEs
- 7.3: Singular Points and the Method of Frobenius
- 7.E: Power series methods (Exercises)
- 8: Nonlinear Equations
- 8.1: Linearization, critical points, and equilibria
- 8.2: Stability and classification of isolated critical points
- 8.3: Applications of nonlinear systems
- 8.4: Limit cycles
- 8.5: Chaos
- 8.E: Nonlinear Equations (Exercises)