2.8. Peano's Existence Theorem
2.9. Extensions of Solutions
2.10. Comparison Theorems
3. Second Order Linear Equations(8 Credit Hours)
3.1. Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients
3.2. Solutions of Linear Homogeneous Equations; the Wronskian
3.3. Complex Roots of the Characteristic Equation
3.4. Repeated Roots; Reduction of Order(1 Credit Hours)
3.5. Nonhomogeneous Equations; Method of Undetermined Coefficients
3.6. Variation of Parameters
3.7. Mechanical and Electrical Vibrations
4. High Order Linear Equations(2 Credit Hours)
4.1. General Theory of nth Order Linear Equations
4.2. Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients
4.3. The Method of Undetermined Coefficients
4.4. The Method of Variation of Parameters
5. Systems of First Order Linear Equations (8 Credit Hours)
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Review of Matrices
5.3. Basic Theory of Systems of First Order Linear Equations
5.4. Homogeneous Linear Systems with Constant Coefficients
5.5. Complex Eigenvalues
5.6. Fundamental Matrices
5.7. Repeated Eigenvalues
5.8. Nonhomogeneous Linear Systems
6. Nonlinear Differential Equations and Stability(8 Credit Hours)
6.1. The Phase Plane: Linear Systems
6.2. Autonomous Systems and Stability
6.3. Locally Linear Systems
6.4. Liapunov's Second Method
Textbook:
1. Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, 11th edition, William E. Boyce, Richard C. DiPrima and
Douglas C. Meade, Wiley, 2017.
2. Differential Equations With Boundary Value Problems , second edition, John Polking, Albert Boggess and David Arnold,
Pearson, 2005.
Reference:
常微分方程教程, 第二版, 丁同仁, 李承治, 高等教育出版社, 2004 年.