TY - BOOK AU - Camporesi,Roberto ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - An Introduction to Linear Ordinary Differential Equations Using the Impulsive Response Method and Factorization T2 - PoliTO Springer Series, SN - 9783319496672 AV - QA372 U1 - 515.352 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Differential Equations KW - Mathematical optimization KW - Matrix theory KW - Ordinary Differential Equations KW - Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization KW - Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory N2 - This book presents a method for solving linear ordinary differential equations based on the factorization of the differential operator. The approach for the case of constant coefficients is elementary, and only requires a basic knowledge of calculus and linear algebra. In particular, the book avoids the use of distribution theory, as well as the other more advanced approaches: Laplace transform, linear systems, the general theory of linear equations with variable coefficients and variation of parameters. The case of variable coefficients is addressed using Mammana’s result for the factorization of a real linear ordinary differential operator into a product of first-order (complex) factors, as well as a recent generalization of this result to the case of complex-valued coefficients UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49667-2 ER -