Differential equations, a tourist’s guide | DE1

An overview of what ODEs are all about
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Error correction: At 6:27, the upper equation should have g/L instead of L/g.

Steven Strogatz’s NYT article on the math of love:

If you’re looking for books on this topic, I’d recommend the one by Vladimir Arnold, “Ordinary Differential Equations”

Also, more Strogatz fun, you may enjoy his text “Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos”

Curious about why it’s called a “phase space”? You might enjoy this article:
https://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys404/Anlage_Spring10/The%20TangledTaleofPhaseSpace.pdf

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https://observablehq.com/@tophtucker/tales-from-the-romeo-and-juliet-phase-space
https://observablehq.com/@mbostock/predator-and-prey

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Hebrew: Omer Tuchfeld
Vietnamese: @ngvutuan2811

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