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IT is quite refreshing to see a new book on differential equations, and this introduction to the subject has been planned with skill and developed with a clear appreciation of the difficulties which usually confront the student. There are eight interesting chapters covering ordinary and first-order equations, including Bernoulli's equation, with applications to plane curves. Then follows a thoroughly sound treatment of partial equations and operational methods, with illustrations from surfaces and curves in space. Next come Lagrange's linear equation and total equations in three variables. Finally, there is a well-written chapter on solutions in series, embracing the method of Frobenius, Bessel's equation of order zero, and Laplace's equation.
Introduction to Differential Equations
By S. L. Green. Pp. iv+140. (London: University Tutorial Press, Ltd., 1945.) 7s. 6d.
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Introduction to Differential Equations. Nature 155, 531 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155531c0
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