01381nam a2200193 a 4500 ASIN047107411X 20140930205723.0 140930s1978 xxu eng d 047107411X (hardcover) 9780471074113 (hardcover) Birkhoff, Garrett. Ordinary differential equations / Garrett Birkhoff, Gian-Carlo Rota. 3rd ed. [S.l.] : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2004. 356 p. ; 24 cm. A carefully revised edition of the well-respected ODE text, whose unique treatment provides a smooth transition to critical understanding of proofs of basic theorems. First chapters present a rigorous treatment of background material; middle chapters deal in detail with systems of nonlinear differential equations; final chapters are devoted to the study of second-order linear differential equations. The power of the theory of ODE is illustrated throughout by deriving the properties of important special functions, such as Bessel functions, hypergeometric functions, and the more common orthogonal polynomials, from their defining differential equations and boundary conditions. Contains several hundred exercises. Prerequisite is a first course in ODE. Rota, Gian-Carlo. Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/047107411X/chopaconline-20 10624 10624 0 0 0 0 QUESTCL QUESTCL 2014-09-30 421.00 0 515.352BIR 32977 2014-09-30 00:00:00 2014-09-30 BK 0 0 0 0 QUESTCL QUESTCL 2014-09-30 421.00 0 515.352BIR 32978 2014-09-30 00:00:00 2014-09-30 BK 0 0 0 0 QUESTCL QUESTCL 2014-10-01 421.00 1 515.352BIR 32589 2020-01-21 00:00:00 2019-04-18 2014-10-01 BK 0 0 0 0 QUESTCL QUESTCL 2014-10-01 421.00 0 515.352BIR 32590 2014-10-01 00:00:00 2014-10-01 BK