First Course in Differential Equations

J. David Logan is Willa Cather Professor of Mathematics at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. He received his PhD from The Ohio State University and has served on the faculties at the University of Arizona, Kansas State University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. For many years he served as a visiting scientist at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. He has published widely in differential equations, mathematical physics, fluid and gas dynamics, hydrogeology, and mathematical biology. Dr. Logan has authored 7 books, among them Applied Partial Differential Equations, now in its 3rd edition, published by Springer.

• Preface to the Third Edition.-1. First-Order Differential Equations.- 2. Second-Order Linear Equations.- 3. Laplace Transforms.- 4. Linear Systems.- 5. Nonlinear Systems.- 6. Computation of Solutions.- Appendix A. Review and Supplementary Exercises.-Appendix B. Matlab(R) Supplement.- References.- Index.