Differential Equations
Differential Equations
Jeffrey R. Chasnov
Adapted for
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Differential Equations for Engineers
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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Department of Mathematics Clear Water Bay, Kowloon Hong Kong
Copyright c 2009?2019 by Jeffrey Robert Chasnov This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. To view a copy of this license, visit or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
Preface
What follows are my lecture notes for a first course in differential equations, taught at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Included in these notes are links to short tutorial videos posted on YouTube.
Much of the material of Chapters 2-6 and 8 has been adapted from the widely used textbook "Elementary differential equations and boundary value problems" by Boyce & DiPrima (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Seventh Edition, c 2001). Many of the examples presented in these notes may be found in this book. The material of Chapter 7 is adapted from the textbook "Nonlinear dynamics and chaos" by Steven H. Strogatz (Perseus Publishing, c 1994).
All web surfers are welcome to download these notes, watch the YouTube videos, and to use the notes and videos freely for teaching and learning.
I also have some online courses on Coursera. A lot of time and effort has gone into their production, and the video lectures have better video quality than the ones prepared for these notes. You can click on the links below to explore these courses.
If you want to learn differential equations, have a look at
Differential Equations for Engineers
If your interests are matrices and elementary linear algebra, try
Matrix Algebra for Engineers
If you want to learn vector calculus (also known as multivariable calculus, or calculus three), you can sign up for
Vector Calculus for Engineers
And if your interest is numerical methods, have a go at
Numerical Methods for Engineers
Jeffrey R. Chasnov Hong Kong
February 2021
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Contents
0 A short mathematical review
1
0.1 The trigonometric functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0.2 The exponential function and the natural logarithm . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0.3 Definition of the derivative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0.4 Differentiating a combination of functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0.4.1 The sum or difference rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0.4.2 The product rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0.4.3 The quotient rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0.4.4 The chain rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0.5 Differentiating elementary functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
0.5.1 The power rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
0.5.2 Trigonometric functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
0.5.3 Exponential and natural logarithm functions . . . . . . . . . . . 3
0.6 Definition of the integral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
0.7 The fundamental theorem of calculus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
0.8 Definite and indefinite integrals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
0.9 Indefinite integrals of elementary functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
0.10 Substitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
0.11 Integration by parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
0.12 Taylor series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
0.13 Functions of several variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
0.14 Complex numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1 Introduction to odes
13
1.1 The simplest type of differential equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 First-order odes
15
2.1 The Euler method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.2 Separable equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.3 Linear equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.4 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.4.1 Compound interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.4.2 Chemical reactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.4.3 Terminal velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.4.4 Escape velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.4.5 RC circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.4.6 The logistic equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3 Second-order odes, constant coefficients
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3.1 The Euler method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.2 The principle of superposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.3 The Wronskian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.4 Homogeneous odes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.4.1 Distinct real roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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