Includes index.

Appropriate for introductory courses in differential equations. This clear, concise fairly easy classic text is particularly well-suited to courses that emphasize finding solutions to differential equations where applications play an important role. Many illustrative examples in each br>Chapter help the student to understand the subject. Computer Applications new to this edition. <Br> features: 1. This, classic ode book, has been so successful because it is the clearest and easiest of all texts in this market. <Br> 2. This is the shortest of all the major ode texts (it covers boundary values problems and PDEs. The brevity makes it usable in quarter schools. <Br> 3. Includes abundant exercises and applications. <Br> 4. Presents a thorough treatment of power series techniques. <Br> 5. Presents a classical treatment of select physical problems to show how Fourier series are utilized in the solution of these problems.