Subsections
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- Meaning of a differential equation and its solution, examples,
families of curves, orthogonal trajectories.
- First order equations: Homogeneous, exact, linear, Bernoulli, Riccati
and Clairaut equations, equations reducible to first order equations.
- Second and higher order linear equations, linear equations with
constant coefficients, general solution of homogeneous equations,
operator method for finding a particular solution, vibra- tions in
mechanical and electrical systems. Power series method: Legendre,
Hermite, Bessel and hypergeometric equation.
- Special functions: Legendre, Hermite and Chebychev polynomials, Bessel
functions and appli- cations.
- Earl A. Coddington, An Introduction to Ordinary Differential
Equations, Dover Publications (1989).
- Ravi P. Agarwal and Donal O'Regan, Ordinary and Partial
Differential Equations, Springer (2008).
- Shepley L. Ross, Differential Equations, Wiley (1984).
- George F. Simmons, Differential Equations with Applications and
Historical Notes, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company (1978).
