Differential Equations Workbook For Dummies

Good information, and it is accurate to what I was learning in class.

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This workbook helped me work out problems combined with the manual of same so that I understood the concept and truly lifted the burden of this class for me. It is most excellent and would always recommend to anyone in this

This is a great book giving a review of most of the important basics for solving the most important types of differential equations. Keep in mind this is a workbook. It gives only the bare-bones basics as review of the theory before jumping to an example and then practice problems. I did not purchase the Dummies book that explains the theory which would have given more of a background for using the techniques that are presented. To understand the theory of why what the author gives works to solve a problem I had to dig out and review a book and notes I took when I was back in college in 1965 called "Differential Equations" by Walter Leighton. I give the book 4 stars instead of 5 because of the numerous errors I found which can be very frustrating to deal with. It should have been better edited. One other shortcoming is that the problems are all basically the same in a section- once you've done one, all the others go exactly the same way. Also,it would be nice to have a review set of problems at the end of each chapter where techniques from all the previous sections and chapters could be practiced so that it would be easier to remember all the previous methods that were learned.

I've been picking up some books to help me refresh and/or learn math I never got when in school. Very good stuff for designing robotic control systems an d helping understand the necessary math.

I read the first page of this book and finally understood Diffy Qs. Wish I had this when I was taking going for my undergraduate degree.

I have already taken a Differential Equations course, but bought this book as a way to refresh my memory by working some problems. However, as another reviewer has mentioned (and I have somehow overlooked this), the step-by-step solutions at the end of each chapter have some pretty annoying typos/mistakes. To name just a few specific examples (HINT HINT WINK WINK PUBLISHERS OF THIS BOOK:)- p. 56 on #24- p. 69-70 on #5- p. 73 on #10And I haven't even gotten through a third of the workbook. If you are going to pay for study material, don't be misled and waste your money on such unprofessionalism!

The teaching method varies among teachers and differs greatly with the delivery methods such as Blackboard, Peasrson Learning platform, etc. This book maybe used as supplemental addition to these delivery method, but, to the first time students this book maybe more a source of confusion because of different notations, terms, and methods of attacking the material at hand. If you have had some exposure this book may be of some use. But, in conjunction with the text book being use, I believe it can be more of source of confusion than help. I guess if you are taking this course from the writer of this Dummy series book, this book probably would be more helpful. However, for majority of students this book, I am afraid is not that much of help, at least until basic level of proficiency has been reached in differential equation. I also looked at Schaum's differential equation book, that has similar short coming. You are better off just following the book that your class is using.