MTU Library Catalogue

Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

VisualDSolve : visualizing differential equations with Mathematica / Dan Schwalbe and Stan Wagon.

By: Schwalbe, Dan.
Contributor(s): Wagon, S.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Santa Clara, CA : TELOS, 1997Description: xiv, 271 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0387947213 .Subject(s): VisualDSolve | Differential equations -- Numerical solutions -- Graphic methods | Differential equations -- Numerical solutions -- Data processingDDC classification: 515.5320113668
Contents:
Part 1: The visualdsolve manual -- Part 2: Visualdsolve and differential equations modeling.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 515.5320113668 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00069004
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This title presents new ideas on the visualization of differential equations with user-configurable tools. The authors use the widely-used computer algebra system, Mathematica, to provide an integrated environment for programming, visualizing graphics, and running commentary for learning and working with differential equations.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266) and index.

Part 1: The visualdsolve manual -- Part 2: Visualdsolve and differential equations modeling.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

A revolution in the teaching and learning of differential equations occurred some ten to 12 years ago when personal computers became capable of faithfully displaying the qualitative behavior of solutions. The VisualDSolve book and accompanying disk constitute a sophisticated add-on package to Mathematica that enables a wide range of visualization schemes for solutions to ordinary differential equations. The first part (roughly 35 percent) of the book is a VisualDSolve manual; the second part (also available on the disk as Mathematica notebooks) consists of a variety of creative modeling applications that showcase the package. Among these are logistic models for population growth, pendula (both single and double), lead flow in the human body, and Euler's equations applied to rotations of a rigid body in space. Most of the applications would make excellent student projects. Some of the graphical images that can be obtained with the package are truly dazzling as well as informative. Moreover, the routines run well on both version 2.2 and version 3.0 of Mathematica on a PowerMac 8500, and the manual is clearly written. Some effort is needed to master the package and its many options, however, so it should be introduced to undergraduates with care. Recommended. S. J. Colley; Oberlin College