Talk:LinearizingODEs

This article has a number of confusing points:
 * Why are we linearizing at all?
 * State vs input vs other variables? This does not need to be introduced here.
 * Deviation variables vs just linearizing around a point.

Also it is unclear if some of the material is too similar to Bequette's text. I can't find a match, but the Bequette text may need to be rewritten.

Open for editing
Hi, I'm a 3rd chemical engineering student from India. I'd like to know if this wonderful text is open for editing, or if it's restricted to students of the Univ of michigan. For example, I was thinking of contributing a section on linearizing a system of ODE's with examples. Siddharth 00:22, 10 June 2008 (EDT)

Hi Siddharth, yes the text is open for editing for the world. If you see something you would like to correct, add, improve, or update, please go ahead and do it! PeterWoolf 10:34, 11 June 2008 (EDT)