1985 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Differential Equations
Authors : Jerrold Marsden, Alan Weinstein
Published in: Calculus II
Publisher: Springer New York
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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In the first two sections of this chapter, we study two of the simplest and most important differential equations, which, describe oscillations, growth, and decay. A variation of these equations leads to the hyperbolic functions, which are important for integration and other applications. To end the chapter, we study two general classes of differential equations whose solutions can be expressed in terms of integrals. These equations, called separable and linear equations, occur in a number of interesting geometrical and physical examples. We shall continue our study of differential equations in Chapter 12 after we have learned more calculus.