Table of Contents

1. Introduction 1
2. Getting Started with Mathematica 7
3. Doing Mathematics with Mathematica 13
4. Using Mathematica Notebooks 31
Problem Set A: Practice with Mathematica 41
5. Solutions of Differential Equations 45
6. A Qualitative Approach to Differential Equations 59
Problem Set B: First Order Equations 69
7. Numerical Methods 79
8. Features of Mathematica 97
Problem Set C:Numerical Solutions of Differential Equations 121
9. Solving and Analyzing Second Order Linear Equations 129
Problem Set D: Second Order Equations 145
10. Series Solutions 159
10. Laplace Transforms 167
Problem Set E: Series Solutions and Laplace Transforms 177
11. Higher Order Equations and Systems of First Order Equations 189
12. Qualitative Theory for Systems of Differential Equations 205
Problem Set F: Systems of Equations 213
Glossary 229
Sample Solutions 239
Index 261