The purpose of the course is to introduce modelling of problems from science and engineering by ordinary differential equations and to analyse and solve these equations.

The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the courses  MM536 (Calculus for Mathematics), MM533 (Mathematical and Numerical Analysis)  and MM538 (Algebra and Linear Algebra). The course gives an introduction to the treatment of ordinary differential equations and so provides the basis for taking further courses dealing with differential equations such as MM531, MM8AA and MM546.