Schaum's Outline of Differential Equations, 3rd edition (Schaum's Outline Series)

Very helpful if you are looking for a set of worked-out ODE problems; a bad idea if you are trying to learn the subject, or refresh your memory. PS. Holzner's "DE for Dummies" is one nice cheap beginner book - but I would still go for a "regular" textbook. Basic Concepts -- An Introduction To Modeling And Qualitative Methods -- Classifications Of First-order Differential Equations -- Separable First-order Differential Equations -- Exact First-order Differential Equations -- Linear First-order Differential Equations -- Applications Of First-order Differential Equations -- Linear Differential Equations : Theory Of Solutions -- Second-order Linear Homogeneous Differential Equations With Constant Coefficients -- Nth-order Linear Homogeneous Differential Equations With Constant Coefficients -- The Method Of Undetermined Coefficients -- Variation Of Parameters -- Initial-value Problems For Linear Differential Equations -- Applications Of Second-order Linear Differential Equations -- Matrices -- Reduction Of Linear Differential Equations To A System Of First-order Equations -- Graphical And Numerical Methods For Solving First-order Differential Equations -- Further Numerical Methods For Solving First-order Differential Equations -- Numerical Methods For Solving Second-order Differential Equations Via Systems -- The Laplace Transform -- Inverse Laplace Transforms -- Convolutions And The Unit Step Function -- Solutions Of Linear Differential Equations With Constant Coefficients By Laplace Transforms -- Solutions Of Linear Systems By Laplace Transforms -- Solutions Of Linear Differential Equations With Constant Coefficients By Matrix Methods -- Power Series Solutions Of Linear Differential Equations With Variable Coefficients -- Series Solutions Near A Regular Singular Point -- Some Classical Differential Equations -- Gamma And Bessel Functions -- An Introduction To Partial Differential Equations -- Second-order Boundary-value Problems -- Eigenfunction Expansions -- An Introduction To Difference Equations. Richard Bronson, Gabriel B. Costa. Rev. Ed. Of: Schaum's Outline Of Theory And Problems Of Differential Equations. C1994. Includes Index. Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Tough Test Questions? Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you Thoroughly updated, this edition offers new, faster techniques for solving differential equations generated by the emergence of high-speed computers