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Students coming across the topic for the first time often have difficulty in appreciating just what a differential equation is. We shall postpone discussion of this problem until we have looked at some simple examples, which also serve to give motivation for the solution of differential equations.
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© 2002 John Gilbert & Camilla Jordan
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Gilbert, J., Jordan, C. (2002). Differential equations. In: Guide to Mathematical Methods. Palgrave Mathematical Guides. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-1456-9_14
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