PREFACE General Character and Purpose of the Instructor's Manual ‘This Manual contains: @ Detailed solutions of the even-numbered problems. 2) General comments on the purpose of each section and its classroom use, with math- ematical and didactic information on teaching practice and pedagogical aspects, Some of the comments refer to whole chapters (and are indicated accordingly), Changes in Problem Sets ‘The major changes in this edition of the text are listed and explained in the Preface of the book. They include global improvements by updating and streamlining chapters as well fs many local improvements aimed at simplification of the whole text. Speedy orienta- tion is helped by chapter summaries at the end of the chapters, as inthe last edition, and by subdividing sections into subsections with unnumbered headings. Resulting effects of these changes on the problem sets are as follows, The problems have been changed. The large total number of over 4000 problems has been retained, increasing their overall usefulness by the following. ( Balancing by extending problem sets that seemed too short and contracting others that were too long, adjusting the length to the relative importance of the material in 8 section, so that important issues are reflected sufficiently well not only in the text but also in the problems. Thus, the danger of overemphasizing minor techniques and ideas is avoided as much as possible. (2D Simplification by omitting a small number of very difficult problems that appeared in the previous edition, retaining the wide spectrum ranging from simple routine prob- Jems to more sophisticated engineering applications, and taking into account the “algo. rithmic thinking” that is developing along with computers. (HD) Close amalgamation of text, examples, and problems, This has again been achieved by the large number of over 600 worked-out examples in the text and by in- cluding problems closely related to those examples. (IV) Addition of TEAM PROJECTS, CAS PROJECTS, and WRITING PROJ- ECTS, whose role is explained in the Preface of the book under Big Changes. ‘These changes in the problem sets will help students in solving problems as well as in aining a better understanding of practical aspects in the text. It will also enable instruc. tors to explain ideas and methods in terms of examples supplementing and illustrating theoretical discussions—or even replacing some uf them if s0 desired, “Show the detalls of your work.” ‘This request repeatedly stated in the book applies to all the problem sets. Of course, it is intended to prevent the student from simply producing answers by a CAS instead of tty ‘ng to understand the underlying mathematics. Orientation on Computers ‘Comments on computer use are included in the Preface of the book. Software systems are listed in the book subsequent to Contents and at the beginning of Chap. 17 on numerical methods, ERWIN KREYSZIGPart A. ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS CHAPTER 1 First-Order Differential Equations Major Changes Direction fields are now discussed much earlier in Sec. 1.2. This “geometical” and “qual- ‘tadve" approach to differential equations may provide a better conceptual understanding of equations and solutions. The graphical power of a CAS will be helpful inthis context ‘The second major change concerns the combination of related solution methods. Soli, tion by separation and solution by reduction to separable form now appear ina single see. tion (Sec. 1.3), Similarly, exact equations and integrating factors are both discussed in the ‘same section (Sec. 1.5). ‘Team Projects and CAS Projects are included in most problem sets SECTION 1.1. Basic Concepts and Ideas, page 2 Purpose. To give the student a first impression of what a differential equation is and ‘what we mean by solving it. Background Material. For the whole chapter we need integration formulas and tech- niques, which the student should review. General Comments : This section shoitld be covered relatively rapidly to get quickly tothe actual solution meth- ods in the next sections, 1 an example of a partial differential equation is wanted in passing, Laplace's equa- tion ae ox” ay? ‘may be best because of its great physical importance, Problem Set 1.1 is supposed to help the student with the tasks of Solving y’ = f(x) by calculus, Finding particular solutions from given general solutions. Setting up a differential equation for a given function as solution, Gaining a first experience in modeling, by doing one or two problems, Gaining a first impression ofthe importance of differential equations, Without wasting time on matters that can be done much faster, once systematic methods are available, Comment on “General Solution” and “Singular Solution” Usage of the term “general solution” is not uniform in the literature. Some books use the {erm to mean a solution that includes ail solutions, that is, both the particular and the sin. Bular ones. We do not adopt this definition for two reasons. First, itis frequently quite 1