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Notes on Diffy Qs: Differential Equations for Engineers: Changes

July 16th 2010 edition:

Pagination and numbering is kept as constant as possible. The following changes were made:

  1. Use the microtype latex package for generally nicer linebreaks.
  2. Make all tables prettier.
  3. Remove some useless significant digits from the tables in the Euler's method section.
  4. Improve linking.
  5. Remove "Dirichlet problems" from the Steady state temperature section title as it didn't fit properly.
  6. Many minor clarifications and cosmetic/grammar fixes.

July 1st 2010 edition:

Pagination and numbering is kept as constant as possible. The following changes were made:

  1. Using new texlive, which outputs PDF 1.5, which is significantly smaller.
  2. Underline links, the underlines should not appear in printed output.
  3. Some minor clarifications and cosmetic/grammar fixes.

You can get the LaTeX source of this old version if your really want to, but I suggest just using the newest version.

May 18th 2010 edition:

Pagination and numbering is kept as constant as possible. The following changes were made:

  1. Exercise 4.6.5 was ridiculous in light of exercise 4.6.4. I replaced the exercise with a somewhat more difficult one.
  2. On page 113, when writing the solution in terms of amplitudes and phase shifts, α1 and α2 were swapped.
  3. Exercise 118 on page 118 wrongly asked for m1 instead of m2 which is the unknown.
  4. On page 198 fix typo in the derivation of d'Alembert formula. Thanks to Shawn White.
  5. Add exercise 6.2.9
  6. Many minor grammar/English fixes and small clarifications.

You can get the LaTeX source of this old version if your really want to, but I suggest just using the newest version.

April 28th 2010 edition:

Pagination and numbering is kept as constant as possible. The following changes were made:

  1. On page 193 fix the derivation of the solution for w and z.
  2. On page 173 the formula near the bottom should have a -4. That is, f(t) is . Thanks to Sean Robinson.
  3. On page 206 the formula for un(x,0) should read (note the denominator). Thanks to Sean Robinson.
  4. Added note to heat equation section about the ``smoothing out'' effect of the solutions. For whatever reason, this note wasn't in there even though it is referred to in the wave equation section.
  5. Add exercises 4.4.11, 4.6.10
  6. Fix the pagination in chapter 4 to 1) make it similar to what it always has been, and 2) to avoid bad page breaks
  7. Add more acknowledgments.
  8. Several small clarifications, and other minor fixes.

You can get the LaTeX source of this old version if your really want to, but I suggest just using the newest version.

April 13th 2010 edition:

Pagination (pagination changed in chapter 4 and is somewhat odd, that will be fixed in next version) and numbering is kept as constant as possible. The following changes were made:

  1. Many clarifications as to arguments of sin/cos/sinh/cosh, that is, use more parentheses. In fact, any argument that is not a single symbol is now parenthesized, and some even if they are single symbol. It is not as pretty, but it's a lot more readable.
  2. On bottom of page 173, there was the constant term of 1/4 missing in the Fourier series for the solution x.
  3. On page 237, Heaviside function definition was off it should be 1 for all t ≥ 0.
  4. On page 239 near middle of page, there was an that should be though the inverse transform was then done correctly. Thanks to Sean Raleigh and Jessica Robinson for spotting this one.
  5. On page 240, when applying the Laplace transform to solve an integral equation, there was a missing equals sign and x(t) was mistakenly called f(t)
  6. On page 241, exercises 6.2.3, 6.2.4, and 6.2.5 were trivial as given (x=0 is the solution). What I means was to make the initial conditions arbitrary, i.e. x(0)=a and x'(0)=b. Thanks to Sean Raleigh and Jessica Robinson for spotting this one.
  7. On page 242, exercise 6.3.2, change all ω0 to ω. Thanks to Sean Raleigh and Jessica Robinson for spotting this one.
  8. Add exercise 6.2.8.
  9. Mark example 6.2.4 as an example.
  10. Minor other clarifications and cosmetic improvements in places.
  11. Fixed many minor typos and mistakes.

You can get the LaTeX source of this old version if your really want to, but I suggest just using the newest version.

April 6th 2010 edition:

Pagination and numbering is kept as constant as possible. The following changes were made:

  1. Exercise 4.1.4 on page 145 had forgotten applications of chain rule in computations. The final result is not changed. Thanks to Michael Angelini for pointing this out.
  2. The eigenfunctions are cos kt (not sin kt) on top of page 146.
  3. Clarify and add more information to exercise 2.6.5
  4. Page 153 was a little confusing, consistently use 1 as the constant eigenfunction and frame the formula for a0 at the bottom of the page.
  5. Also on page 153, define the inner product without scaling by for consistency.
  6. Clarify the definition at endpoints for periodic functions.
  7. On page 157-158 stay with the square wave example to talk about the values at discontinuities to avoid jumping around.
  8. On page 163 top, the condition about existence of one sided limits at all the endpoints is now correct.
  9. Be less cavalier with equality in the Fourier series section. Remove a couple of unnecessary "f(t)=" before a series, before we have talked about convergence.
  10. Clarify exercises 4.3.6 and 4.3.7
  11. Add exercises 4.3.8, 4.3.9, and 6.1.12
  12. On page 168 of course it is the cosine terms disappear for an odd extension, not the sine terms.
  13. On page 170 on the top, there was a plus sign missing in the series after .
  14. On page 212 we mistakenly said that eigenvalues are lambdas with no nontrivial solutions (thanks to Sean Raleigh).
  15. On page 217, the integral that is the inner product of the sine with itself should not have f(t) in it, the one that equals (thanks again to Sean Raleigh).
  16. On page 222, Newton's second came out all jumbled up. Of course it is "force equals mass times acceleration" (and again: Sean Raleigh).
  17. Add hint to exercise 5.1.1 as there is a subtle issue.
  18. Minor other clarifications and cosmetic improvements in places.
  19. Fixed many minor typos and mistakes.

You can get the LaTeX source of this old version if your really want to, but I suggest just using the newest version.

March 7th 2010 edition:

Pagination and numbering is kept as constant as possible. The following changes were made:

  1. Exercise 2.4.5 was not possible. Replace 0.8 with 1.1 and 0.39 with 0.8. Also add a note that you always get two possibilities for the mass in the formulas.
  2. Fix the formula for the complex roots on page 54, that is the discriminant should be negated under the square root sign if we take out an i.
  3. Fix theorem 4.1.2. There was an unneeded hypothesis about p and q which do not appear in the theorem.
  4. On page 60, fix the solution corresponding to complex roots.
  5. On page 60, fix the factorization of the characteristic equation in example 2.3.5.
  6. Also on page 60, relabel the arbitrary constants to be more consistent and make them all upper case.
  7. IODE Project III has changed (there was always some confusion about what was Project III) and now fits more after section 2.3, rather than before 2.6.
  8. On page 75 on top, there was a typo in the expression for u1', the x should be an argument to the cosine.
  9. In example 2.6.1, when stating the parameters, it should say m=0.5 (the example was computed correctly, so no other changes).
  10. Add exercise 2.4.6.
  11. Add hint to exercise 2.4.1.
  12. Theorem 2.5.1 holds for any order, so simply drop the words "second order"
  13. In exercise 2.5.1, also explicitly state that the initial conditions must be satisfied.
  14. Remove unneeded reference to [EP] on page 73.
  15. Put a box around the formula for the practical resonance frequency on page 81.
  16. Minor clarifications in places.
  17. Add a few more words to the index.
  18. Fixed other minor typos and mistakes.

You can get the LaTeX source of this old version if your really want to, but I suggest just using the newest version.

February 17th 2010 edition:

Pagination and numbering is kept as constant as possible. The following changes were made:

  1. Fix solution to example 1.3.4. The solution should end up being . Thanks to Leonardo Gomes for noticing.
  2. Fix the computation of the constants in Example 2.4.1. Also fix the discussion right after the example, and fix Figure 2.2.
  3. Fix examples on page 72 and 73.
  4. Fix example 6.1.7 (page 234), the inverse transform was off by an extra 1/2.
  5. Fix Example 6.3.3 (page 243), the convolution was not computed correctly.
  6. Figure on page 37 (bottom of page) should have x=5 and x=0. Thanks to Jeff Winegar for pointing it out.
  7. Add Theorem 2.1.3 to highlight the fact that the superposition of two linearly independent solutions is the general solution to the homogeneous equation.
  8. Add Theorem 2.5.1, to give the solution to highlight how nonhomogeneous equations are solved.
  9. Add k to the examples on top of page 49 to make them less trivial.
  10. Exercise 2.3.4 was hard to read correctly, reformulate.
  11. Due to minor changes in the text, Figure 4.12 moved up a page resulting in a much more logical pagination.
  12. Many small clarifications.
  13. Many minor typo and grammar fixes.

You can get the LaTeX source of this old version if your really want to, but I suggest just using the newest version.

February 8th 2010 edition:

Pagination and numbering is kept as constant as possible. The following changes were made:

  1. Fix error in example on page 34. The integrating factor is off by a constant. Instead rework the example to be done by substituting into formula (1.4). Thanks to Sean Raleigh for noticing.
  2. Integrate in a different way in Example 1.1.3 to get rid of an extra k. Also fix up the constant in front. Finally rename C' to D and add assumption that k > 0.
  3. Fix the derivation in example 1.3.3, there was a negative sign mistake in the middle, though it made no difference in the solution. Also consistently keep time in minutes for the example.
  4. Fix example 1.4.1, there was a missing minus sign in the solution. Thanks to Ian Simon for pointing it out.
  5. Fix example on page 103. The expression for x1 in the middle of the page should have etcos(t) -i etsin(t). The rest of the example also needed to have the signs fixed. Thanks to Sean Raleigh for noticing.
  6. Exercise 1.1.7 had a typo making the solution very hard (without a computer algebra system). The right hand side should be a not .
  7. Exercise 1.3.7 was impossible (typo in the equation) replace with a different exercise.
  8. Add forgotten initial condition to Exercise 0.2.9 (x'(0)=0).
  9. Exercise 1.5.6 was way too difficult. Replace with an easier exercise.
  10. Add "then find x(10)" to exercise 1.1.1.
  11. Fix caption on Figure 1.
  12. Fix captions on Figure 1.7-1.10 (replace -0.1 by 0.1), replace Figures 1.6-1.10 with new versions which have the correct vertical scale.
  13. In example 1.2.2, use for an example solution.
  14. Add exercises 0.2.11, 1.1.9-10, 1.2.5, 1.3.8-12, 1.4.11-12, 1.7.5
  15. Exercise 1.5.1 was already worked out as an example. Replace.
  16. Regenerate some of the figures for better looking output using better parameters and newer version of genius.
  17. Clarify exposition somewhat in many places, and clarify some exercises.
  18. Fix some other minor grammar mistakes or simply awkward English in places.

You can get the LaTeX source of this old version if your really want to, but I suggest just using the newest version.

January 10th 2010 edition:

Pagination, numbering, everything is the same except for very minor edits as follows.

  1. Fixed examples on the first page of section 2.1. The k in the equations should be k2. Thanks to Thomas Wicklund for noticing.
  2. Got rid of the version with the EP sections in the titles. So there is now only one PDF version of the notes. If you like you can make any version you want from the latex source.
  3. Restructured the initial "notes about these notes" section a little.
  4. Fix some other minor grammar mistakes or simply awkward English in places.

You can get the LaTeX source of this old version if your really want to, but I suggest just using the newest version.

November 25th 2009 edition:

Pagination, numbering, everything is the same except for very minor edits as follows.

  1. Exercise 2.1.8 was missing a minus sign (thanks to Eliot Brenner for spotting this). It should look like:
    Exercise 2.1.8: Suppose is a solution to . Show that

    is also a solution.
  2. Minor English, grammar, spelling, and punctuation fixes all over.
  3. Minor clarifications, and some cosmetic changes.

You can get the LaTeX source of this old version if your really want to, but I suggest just using the newest version.

October 23rd 2009 edition:

Pagination, numbering, everything is the same except for very minor edits as follows.

  1. Exercise 4.6.4 on page 188 is fixed. While theoretically the exercise is possible, it is not what was intended. The last side condition should be u(x,0) = 3 cos x + cos 3x.
  2. Minor English, grammar, spelling, and punctuation fixes all over.
  3. The license in the book now explicitly specifies that printing course packs is permitted. Plus other minor updates in the introductory section.

You can get the LaTeX source of this old version if your really want to, but I suggest just using the newest version.

September 29th 2009 edition:

Pagination, numbering, everything is the same except for very minor edits as follows.

  1. Example 1.4.2 is fixed. There was an error with integration and there is a factor of 2 missing in the 5th line of the computation on page 30. If you do not wish to get the whole new PDF file, here is an updated page 29 and 30. Thanks to Thomas Wicklund for spotting this error.
  2. Minor English, grammar, and punctuation fixes all over chapter 1.
  3. Website added to notes (chapter 0).

You can get the LaTeX source of this old version if your really want to, but I suggest just using the newest version.

May 12th 2009 edition:

First version. You can get the LaTeX source of this old version if your really want to, but I suggest just using the newest version.

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