Hale, Margie

Stetson University

Department of 

Mathematics

DeLand, FL 32720

mhale@macs.stetson.edu





Differential Equations and Modeling





The text serves two major purposes.  The first is to provide an

environment in which students can learn the material in an elementary

differential equations course.  The second is to provide a variety of

tools which allow the students to analyze differential equations. 



Some lessons help the student experience the material in one or more

alternate ways.  Visualization is emphasized, as is experimentation and

discovery learning.  Other lessons acquaint the student with various

models and allow the student to develop a "feel" for which models best

describe which physical systems.  Finally, to construct and evaluate

models successfully, the student needs an appropriate set of mathematical

tools.  In the case of differential equations this includes a numerical

solver, graphing tools, etc.  These tools will also be included in the

text. 







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