TY - BOOK AU - Birkhoff, Garrett AU - Rota, Gian-Carlo TI - Ordinary Differential Equations SN - 9780471860037 U1 - 515.352 PY - 2003/// CY - Singapore PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Differential equations N1 - Includes Bibliography & Index; First-order of differential equations -- Second-order linear equations -- Linear equations with constant coefficients -- Power series solutions -- Plane autonomous systems -- Existence and uniqueness theorems -- Approximate solutions -- Efficient numerical integration -- Regular singular points -- Sturm-Liouville systems -- Expansions in eigenfunctions N2 - A carefully revised edition of the well-respected ODE text, whose unique treatment provides a smooth transition to critical understanding of proofs of basic theorems ER -