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Article: A course on ordinary differential equations.
- Article from:
- Academic Exchange Quarterly
- Article date:
- September 22, 2003
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Abstract
This paper presents a planning course on ordinary differential equations (ODE) for graduating students of physics / engineering. It contains a classical body and some nonstandard topics such as the influence of unmodeled dynamics of a system on its behavior.
I. Introduction
A course on ordinary differential equations (ODE) is included in the teaching curricula of basic studies in physics and engineering. It is obvious that ODE are basic in the understanding of the properties of physical processes. The objectives are:
Objective 1 (classical objective): The understanding of the basic theory while solving specific differential ...