Errata for Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems

Chapter 1 Errata

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  1. Page 4, paragraph 4, in the phrase "a better model for the the reproductive" there are two "the's." (Crystal Pepper).

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Chapter 2 Errata

Section 1

  1. On page 17, the equation between 1.4 and 1.5 should read: y'-y+t=0 instead of y'-y-t=0.
  2. Just under the section "Normal form," phi(t,y,z)=z-y-t really ought to be changed to phi(t,y,y')=y'-y+t.

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Chapter 3 Errata

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Chapter 4 Errata

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Chapter 5 Errata

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Chapter 6 Errata

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  1. For section 6.1, the answer on page A-14 for exercise #1 has incorrect headers in the table. Specifically, the header f(t_k,y_k)=y_k should be changed to f(t_k,y_k)=t_k+y_k. Crystal Pepper, 2/25/09.

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Chapter 7 Errata

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Section 5

  1. page: 309, little more then half way down the page sentence: "According the definition of matrix vector product (Definition1.9), equation (5.8) is equivalent to the matrix equation ..." error: this sentence might be missing a "to" between "according" and "the" (Crystal Pepper 4/7/09)
  2. The backanswer for exercise #29 does not have a closing brace. (Chris Wilson, 4/3/09)

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Chapter 8 Errata

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Section 4

  1. Problem #22, page 359, "inductor" should be changed to "inductor." (Chris Wilson, 4/13/09).

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Chapter 9 Errata

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Chapter 10 Errata

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  1. A-30, Exercise #3, the last equilbrium point (1,0) should say that it is a saddle.

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