Rainville, Earl D. <br/><br/>
Elementary differential equations / 
Earl D. Rainville, Phillip E. Bedient, and Richard E. Bedient. 
 - Eighth Edition 
 - Singapore :  Prentice Hall International Inc.,  c1997 
 - xiii, 527 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>1. Definitions, families of curves -- 2. Equations of order one -- 3. Numerical methods -- 4. Elementary applications -- 5. Additional topics on equations of order one -- 6. Linear differential equations -- 7. Linear equations with constant coefficient -- 8. Nonhomogeneous equations -- 9. Variation of parameters -- 10. Applications. 
<br/><br/> The new geometric material appears mainly in Section 1.4 and 11.8. In the former we introduce students to the idea of a family of curves as solutions to a differential equation, and in the latter, the concept of the phase plane of a system of equations is presented. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9814009792 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA 371 .R35 1997