Differential Equations Computing and Modeling

I love this textbook. It is short, contains exactly what you need it to and doesn't try to dazzle readers with flashy and unnecessary pictures (only two colors used in the text, really readable). Another plus, it is chock full of example code for differential equations (Maple, Mathematica, MATLAB, etc). ALSO get the solution manual

the cover still in good shape. there's no highlighting or whatsoever. the shipping arrived within a week which is really good

Despite other product information and reviews on this page about a calculus text this ISBN 0-13-047579-3 is for the student solutions manual for the Differential equations and boundary value problems computing and modeling 3rd edition by Edwards and Penney. As with many solutions manuals I have used before there are often steps that are skipped, but overall it is a useful book. It won't do your homework for you, but it will sure help you find some silly mistakes or clarify how to do a particular type of problem faster than waiting to go to office hours.

Awsome Book, everything is explained very well, I bought the book last week, read 3 chapters without interruption...Best book for differential equations

I don't know why everyone else attacks this book! I used it in a third semester math class at Cornell which was 1/3 vector calc (we used Thomas' Calculus, another great book), 1/3 differential equations, and 1/3 Fourier Series, partial differential equations, boundary value problems. We covered Chapters 1-3, parts of 4 and 6, and all of chapter 9.The book is excellent. The explanations are clear. The example problems are not just "plug and play." The problems at the end of each section are not bad. I learned about oscillations and mechanical vibrations in physics and then learned about them from this book (3.4/3.6)...the difference was amazing. Their derivations made sense, and the characteristic polynomial technique they use is 1000 times simpler than the trial solution method that many introductory physics books on mechanics use.The book's only weak point is the discussion of stability and the phase plan in 6.1. They develop it through a bunch of examples instead of talking about the general theory behind it. But this is a minor problem.