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THE teaching of differential equations in English universities usually follows an unsatisfactory middle path. General theory is omitted as too difficult, while numerical methods are considered unworthy of notice. In consequence, the student is made acquainted with only a small number of special types of equation and is left to believe that nothing can be discovered about the solutions of other types. A reading of even the first two chapters of this book by Prof. Levy and Mr. Baggott would alter the outlook of many such students completely. The second chapter, on graphical methods of solution, would form an excellent addendum to a course in curve tracing, the two together being used to illuminate wide tracts of algebra, geometry, and the calculus.
Numerical Studies in Differential Equations
By Prof. H. Levy E. A. Baggott. Vol. 1. Pp.viii + 238. (London: Watts and Co., 1934.) 12s. 6d. net.
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Numerical Studies in Differential Equations. Nature 136, 458 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136458a0
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