resources

Boyce and DiParma "Elementary Differential Equations", 9th edition

• ISBN 9780470039403 or 047003940X
• http://www.coursesmart.com/9780470039403
  • ... $83.50 for 180 days access to an online version of the textbook.
• http://www.bestwebbuys.com/9780470039403 (online price comparisons)
• http://www.langtoninfo.co.uk/showitem.asp?isbn=047003940X ($100 on Jan 14)
• ... or just google 047003940X

Mathematica

• ... is installed on lab computers
• The player is free : http://www.wolfram.com/products/player .
• The student edition is $140 : http://store.wolfram.com/view/app/mathforstudents
• ... or $45 for one term : http://www.wolfram.com/products/student/mathforstudents/licenses.html

• http://library.wolfram.com/conferences/devconf99/withoff/index2.html
• http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/samgott1/Mathematica_Stuff.html

Octave

• numerical calculations and plots
• download
• documentation

Other

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_equation
• Differential Equation course at MIT : http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-03Spring-2006/CourseHome/index.htm
• http://publicliterature.org/tools/differential_equation_solver (java applet)
• Heun's Numerical Method explanation at deltacollege