Ordinary Differential Equations in the Real World

This book provides a collection of 130 fully solved problems, each derived from a mathematical model formulated in terms of an ordinary differential equation. As well as the problems, contextual descriptions are provided, grounding each model in its real-world setting. Applications to topics as diverse as physics, biology, engineering, and economics serve to underline the importance of differential equations in many areas of study.

The models are collected according to the underlying …