Exploring Differential Equations via Graphics and Data, Preliminary Edition

Encouraging the student to experiment and explore in order to understand the concepts of ordinary differential equations, this text explains how to determine properties of a solution directly from the differential equation.

Wherever possible, concepts are explored graphically, algebraically, numerically, and descriptively.

The authors assume that the user has access to mathematical software that draws slope fields, generates numerical solutions, and allows data and graphs of functions to be displayed simultaneously.