Preface |
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1 A Prelude to Differential Equations |
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1 | (40) |
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1 | (6) |
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1.2 Formulation of Differential Equation---Its Significance |
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7 | (10) |
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1.3 Classification of Solutions: General Particular and Singular Solutions |
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17 | (3) |
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1.4 More about Solutions of an ODE |
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20 | (4) |
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1.5 Existence-Uniqueness Theorem for Cauchy Problem |
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24 | (6) |
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1.6 Importance of Lipschitz's condition involved in existence uniqueness theorem in the light of a comparative study between Radiactive decay and Leaky bucket problems |
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30 | (4) |
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1.7 First Order Ode and some of its Qualitative Aspects |
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34 | (7) |
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2 Equations of First Order and First Degree |
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41 | (89) |
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41 | (2) |
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2.2 Exact Differential Equation |
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43 | (18) |
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2.3 Homogeneous Differential Equations |
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61 | (9) |
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70 | (10) |
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2.5 Linear Equations and Bernoulli Equations |
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80 | (13) |
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2.6 Integrating Factors Revisited |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (6) |
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2.8 Application of Differential Equations of First Order |
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101 | (12) |
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2.9 Orthogonal Trajectories and Oblique Trajectories |
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113 | (17) |
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3 A Class of First Order Non-Linear Odes |
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130 | (46) |
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130 | (1) |
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3.2 Non-linear First Order Ode Solvable for p |
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130 | (4) |
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3.3 Non-linear Ode Solvable for y |
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134 | (1) |
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3.4 Non-linear Ode Solvable for x |
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135 | (3) |
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3.5 Existence and Uniqueness Problem |
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138 | (6) |
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3.6 Envelopes and Other Loci |
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144 | (10) |
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3.7 Clairaut's Equation and Lagrange's Equation |
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154 | (22) |
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4 Linear Algebraic Framework in Differential Equations |
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176 | (33) |
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176 | (1) |
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176 | (8) |
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4.3 Linear Maps or Transformations |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (6) |
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4.5 Bounded Linear Transformation |
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191 | (6) |
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197 | (12) |
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5 Differential Equations of Higher Order |
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209 | (75) |
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209 | (1) |
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209 | (10) |
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219 | (6) |
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5.4 Working Rules for Homogeneous Linear Ode |
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225 | (6) |
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5.5 Few Theoretical Results from Linear Algebra |
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231 | (2) |
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5.6 Symbolic Operator and Particular Integral |
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233 | (5) |
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5.7 Method of Variation of Parameters |
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238 | (13) |
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5.8 Special Methods for finding Particular Integrals |
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251 | (11) |
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5.9 Method of Undetermined Co-efficients |
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262 | (12) |
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5.10 Fourier Series Method for Particular Integrals |
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274 | (10) |
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6 Second Order Linear Ode: Solution Techniques & Qualitative Analysis |
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284 | (96) |
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284 | (1) |
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6.2 Reduction of Order Method (D'Alembert's Method) |
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285 | (6) |
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6.3 Method of Inspection for finding one Integral |
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291 | (3) |
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6.4 Transformation of Second Order Ode by changing the Independent Variable |
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294 | (12) |
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6.5 Transformation of a Second order Ode by changing the Dependent Variable |
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306 | (3) |
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6.6 Qualitative Aspects of Second Order Differential Equations |
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309 | (9) |
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6.7 Exact Second Order Differential Equations |
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318 | (5) |
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6.8 Adjoint Equation and Self-adjoint Odes |
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323 | (9) |
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6.9 Sturm-Liouville Problems |
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332 | (25) |
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6.10 Green's Function Approach to IVP |
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357 | (5) |
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6.11 Green's Function Approach to BVP |
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362 | (18) |
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7 Laplace Transformations in Ordinary Differential Equations |
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380 | (58) |
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380 | (1) |
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7.2 Definition and Anatomy of Laplace Transform |
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380 | (28) |
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7.3 Laplace transformation technique of solving Ordinary Differential Equations |
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408 | (30) |
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8 Series Solutions of Linear Differential Equations |
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438 | (90) |
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438 | (1) |
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8.2 Review of Power Series |
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439 | (5) |
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8.3 Solutions about Ordinary Points in the Domain |
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444 | (17) |
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8.4 Solution about Regular Singular Points |
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461 | (7) |
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468 | (41) |
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8.6 Hypergeometric Equation |
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509 | (5) |
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8.7 Irregular singular points |
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514 | (14) |
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9 Solving Linear Systems by Matrix Methods |
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528 | (74) |
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528 | (6) |
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9.2 Eigenvalue Problems of a square matrix: Diagonalisability |
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534 | (13) |
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9.3 Solution of Vector Differential Equation using Eigenvalues of Associated Matrix |
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547 | (4) |
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9.4 Operator Norm and Its use in defining Exponentials of Matrices |
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551 | (6) |
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9.5 Generalised Eigenvectors: Solution to IVP |
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557 | (8) |
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9.6 Jordanization of Matrices and Solution of Ode |
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565 | (18) |
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9.7 Fundamental Matrix and Liouville Theorem |
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583 | (10) |
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9.8 Alternative Ansatz for Computation of eAx |
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593 | (9) |
Appendix |
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602 | (9) |
Reference |
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611 | (2) |
Index |
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