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Differential Equations Basics
Equations about rates of change: exponential growth and decay, Newton's cooling, logistic growth, separable equations, the harmonic oscillator, slope fields and Euler's method, and where they show up in finance, biology and physics.
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Prereqs: Derivatives & integrals. Next: Multivariable calculus; physics of waves. Sources: Strang, *Differential Equations and Linear Algebra* (2014); 3Blue1Brown DE series; MIT 18.03.Next: 1. The classics