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Differential Equations: Is Infinity a Dirty Word?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

J. E. Drummond
J. E. Drummond*
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, School of General Studies, Australian National University
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After fifteen years of using and teaching applied mathematics, I was called on to teach a course in elementary differential equations. To refresh my memory I consulted several recent textbooks and observed three major changes in their content over the intervening period, namely a clear description of the domain in which solutions are valid, extensive use of single valued and bounded functions and the avoidance at all costs of infinity.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 55 , Issue 394 , December 1971 , pp. 385 - 391
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1971

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