<p>hey i'm going to self-study diffeq</p>
<p>any suggestions on a good textbook?</p>
<p>I'm in the same situation as you, I need to pick up a good diffeq review textbook. </p>
<p>The two suggested were: Differential Equations, by Boyce and DiPrima - the classic standard. Used as an intro diffeq textbook at just about every university.
also: Differential Equations and Applications, by Braun - same content, but presented at higher level</p>
<p>I will probably get the Braun since I need a review as preparation for a partial differential equations class, but you can probably start out with Boyce and DiPrima.</p>
<p>I'll second Boyce if you're just starting out.</p>
<p>thanks! Boyce it is, then</p>
<p>There are many pretty bad differential equations books out there with the one by Zill being one of them.</p>