A functional relation can have two or more independent variables. In order to analyse the behaviour of the dependent variable, it is necessary to calculate how the dependent varies according to either (or both) of the two independent variables. This variation is obtained by partial differentiation.
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The partial derivative only acts on one the variables on the equations and treats the others as constant.
A book to introduce engineering and physics students to areas of math that seem to be most important in relation to practical problems. Book was first published in 1962 - so it is a bit out of date - and has had several reprints. Erwin Kreyszig (Jan 6, 1922 - December 12, 2008) was Professor of at Ohio State University, later moved to Carleton University in Ottawa). The book covers: Ordinary Differential Equations; Ordinary Linear Differential Equations; Power Series Solutions of Diff. Equations; Laplace Transform; Vector Analysis; Line and Surface Integrals; Systems of Linear Equations; Fourier Series and Integrals; Partial Differential Equations; Complex analytic Functions; Conformal Mapping; Complex Integrals; and so on. A very useful book when I did my engineering, though it must be out of date now. GSC
a linear first-order differential equation is homogenous if its right hand side is zero & A linear first-order differential equation is non-homogenous if its right hand side is non-zero.
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Laplace transforms to reduce a differential equation to an algebra problem. Engineers often must solve difficult differential equations and this is one nice way of doing it.