
doi: 10.2307/3606627
Students find partial differential equations difficult not only on account of the inherent difficulties of the subject, but because of confusion, omissions, and, frequently, errors in the textbooks. To take an illustration, Piaggio (p. 147, new edition), begins with the statement that the equations 1 2 are equivalent because they represent the same surfaces .
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