DIFFERENTIAL

EQUATIONS
Lester Ford
 CONTENTS

CHAPTER
1. INTRODUCTION TO DIFFERENTIAL 01
EQUATIONS
2. SPECIAL METHODS FOR THE 33
EQUATION OF THE FIRST ORDER
3. LINEAR EQUATIONS OF THE 60
SECOND ORDER
4. GENERAL LINEAR EQUATIONS 84
5. THE METHOD OF SUCCESIVE 109
APPROXIMATIONS
6. SYSTEMS OF ORDINARY EQUATIONS 120
7. CERTAIN CASSICAL EQUATIONS 150
8. INTERPOLATION AND NUMERICAL 174
INTEGRATION
9. THE NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF 207
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
10. PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 225
OF THE FIRST ORDER
11. PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 251
OF THE SECOND ORDER
ANSWERS 279