Differential Equations For Dummies
Chapter One
Welcome to the World of
Differential Equations
In This Chapter
* Breaking into the basics of differential equations
* Getting the scoop on derivatives
* Checking out direction fields
* Putting differential equations into different categories
* Distinguishing among different orders of differential equations
* Surveying some advanced methods
It's a tense moment in the physics lab. The international team of high-powered
physicists has attached a weight to a spring, and the weight is
bouncing up and down.
"What's happening?" the physicists cry. "We have to understand this in terms
of math! We need a formula to describe the motion of the weight!"
You, the renowned Differential Equations Expert, enter the conversation
calmly. "No problem," you say. "I can derive a formula for you th ... read full excerpt from Differential Equations For Dummies® ebook