3 Modeling with Differential Equations

• 3.1 Introduction to the Issues

  3.1.1 Solution by Inspection
  3.1.2 Slope Fields
  3.1.3 An Analytical Tool: Separation of Variables
  3.1.4 An Agenda for Future Work
  

• 3.2 Exponential Growth and Decay
• 3.3 Separable Differential Equations
• 3.4 Slope Fields and Euler’s Method
• 3.5 Issues in Curve Sketching
• 3.6 Optimization
• 3.7 Case Study: Population Modeling