Nonlinear ordinary differential equations ; an introduction for scientists and engineers / D.W. Jordan and P. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordan, D. W. (Dominic William)

Contributor:

Smith, Peter, 1935-

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Differential equations, Nonlinear.

Physical Description:

viii, 531 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] : New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This is a thoroughly updated and expanded 4th edition of the classic text Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations by Dominic Jordan and Peter Smith. Including numerous worked examples and diagrams, further exercises have been incorporated into the text and answers are provided at the back ofthe book. Topics include phase plane analysis, nonlinear damping, small parameter expansions and singular perturbations, stability, Liapunov methods, Poincare sequences, homoclinic bifurcation and Liapunov exponents. Over 500 end-of-chapter problems are also included and as an additional resource fully-worked solutions to these are provided in the accompanying text Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations: Problems and Solutions, (OUP, 2007). Both texts cover a wide variety of applications while keeping mathematical prequisites to a minimum making these an ideal resource for students and lecturers in engineering, mathematics and the sciences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [521]-523) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9780199208241

0199208247

9780199208258

0199208255

OCLC:

137312934