Preface

About

This open-access textbook is designed to make the study of Differential Equations accessible and engaging for everyone. Differential Equations is a resource primarily intended for engineering students, but it’s versatile and beneficial for learners from any discipline. It serves as a comprehensive tool, whether you’re approaching differential equations for the first time or revisiting the topic for a refresher. Instead of delving into theorem proofs or formula derivations, the focus is on offering a step-by-step guide for solving differential equations.

Content and Format

Each chapter in this resource introduces essential concepts and provides illustrative examples with detailed solutions. Following these examples, there are ‘Try An Example’ questions to evaluate your comprehension. These questions are generated dynamically through MyOpenMath, enabling the generation of similar questions and providing immediate feedback to aid your learning process.

Incorporating interactive elements such as videos, dynamic problems, and graphs, the textbook is optimized for web viewing through Pressbook. This enables full interaction with its multimedia content, from watching instructional videos to engaging with dynamic graphs and problem sets. While a downloadable PDF version is available, it does not include the interactive features found in the web format.

Sponsor

This project has received support and funding from the Government of Ontario and eCampusOntario. The views expressed in this publication are the views of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Ontario.