Math 246 Texts and Other Resources, Fall 2013
Required Resources
- Principle Texts:
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New Ordinary Differential Equations
C. David Levermore and the NODE Team at UMD
This is a free, on-line "text" that is written mostly in interactive pdf.
It has many internal and external links, including links to videos.
To gain access to this link you will need to log in with your umd account.
To gain its full functionality you need a good combination of operating system
and browser.
Common combinationas that are known to work with proper
settings are
- recent Apple OS plus recent Safari
- recent Windows OS plus recent Internet Explorer
- recent Linux OS plus recent Firefox
There might be other combinations that work, we just don't know.
There are many more combinations that we do not know how to make work.
These include Firefox with Apple or Windows, and Chrome with anything.
As we learn more, it will be posted on the link above.
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Differential Equations with MATLAB, Third Edition
Brian R. Hunt, Ronald L. Lipsman, John E. Osborn, and
Jonathan M. Rosenberg
J. Wiley and Sons, New York, 2012
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-1183-7680-5
(46.95$ new)
Roughly, we will cover Chapters 1-11, 13-15.
Do not buy the second edition!
Its information about MATLAB is extremely out of date!
- MATLAB Computer Program:
Other Resources
Textbooks In-Print and On-Line
On-Line Video Resources
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MIT Open Courseware videos on ordinary differential equations.
Lectures by Professor Arthur Mattuck in 2003.
These free on-line videos cover most (but not all) of the recipes in our course.
They cover the topics in a different order. There is an emphasis on physical models.
Some topics were covered in the MIT discussion sections, and not in these lectures.
These lectures are aimed at MIT students, but they might be helpful.
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Khan Academy videos on ordinary differential equations.
These free on-line videos cover many (but not all) of the recipes
in the first two thirds of our course.
The explanations in some videos are much better than others.
In some cases the optimal route to the solution is not shown.
The website for each video has a forum in which you can ask questions.
The answer you get may or may not be helpful.
Matlab Resources
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Getting Started with MATLAB and Simulink Student Version,
by Mathworks
This is a free on-line set of tutorials.
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Chapter 1 of Numerical Computing with MATLAB,
by Cleve Moler
This is a good general introduction to MATLAB.
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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications, Fourth Edition,
by Amos Gilat
J. Wiley and Sons, New York, 2011
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An Introduction to MATLAB for Engineers,
by William J. Palm III
McGraw-Hill, New York, 2010
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Getting Started with MATLAB,
A Quick Introduction for Scientists and Engineers,
by Rudra Pratap
Oxford University Press, New York, 2009
(There may be some differences between the MATLAB described
in this book and versions 2009b or later.)
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Essentials of MATLAB Programming, Second Edition,
by Stephen J. Chapman
Cengage Learning, Stamford CT, 2009
(This book covers more advanced material than is needed
for this course.
This is based on MATLAB 7.
I do not know if it is current with version 2009b or later.)
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