== Linear equations are those that use only linear functions and operations. Examples of linearity: differentiation, integration, addition, subtraction, logarithms, multiplication or division by a constant, etc. Examples of non-linearity: trigonometric functions (sin, cos, tan, etc.), multiplication or division by variables.
Linear equations, if they have a solution, can be solved analytically. On the other hand, it may not always be possible to find a solution to nonlinear equations. This is where you use various numerical methods (eg Newton-Raphson) to work from one approximate numerical solution to a better solution. This iterative procedure, if properly applied, gives accurate numerical solutions to nonlinear equations. But as mentioned above, they are not arrived at analytically.
They are not. A vertical line is not a function so all linear equations are not functions. And all functions are not linear equations.
Linear equations are a small minority of functions.
Most functions are not like linear equations.
y=x2 and y=lnx are two examples of nonlinear equations.
C. V. Pao has written: 'Nonlinear parabolic and elliptic equations' -- subject(s): Differential equations, Nonlinear, Nonlinear Differential equations
Elemer E. Rosinger has written: 'Generalized solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations' -- subject(s): Differential equations, Nonlinear, Differential equations, Partial, Nonlinear Differential equations, Numerical solutions, Partial Differential equations 'Distributions and nonlinear partial differential equations' -- subject(s): Differential equations, Partial, Partial Differential equations, Theory of distributions (Functional analysis)
Enzo Mitidieri has written: 'Apriori estimates and blow-up of solutions to nonlinear partial differential equations and inequalities' -- subject(s): Differential equations, Nonlinear, Differential equations, Partial, Inequalities (Mathematics), Nonlinear Differential equations, Partial Differential equations
R. Grimshaw has written: 'Nonlinear ordinary differential equations' -- subject(s): Nonlinear Differential equations
S. Zheng has written: 'Nonlinear parabolic equations and hyperbolic-parabolic coupled systems' -- subject(s): Hyperbolic Differential equations, Nonlinear Differential equations, Parabolic Differential equations
P. L. Sachdev has written: 'A compendium on nonlinear ordinary differential equations' -- subject(s): Differential equations 'Large time asymptotics for solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations' -- subject(s): Nonlinear Differential equations, Asymptotic theory, Nichtlineare partielle Differentialgleichung
J. L Blue has written: 'B2DE' -- subject(s): Computer software, Differential equations, Elliptic, Differential equations, Nonlinear, Differential equations, Partial, Elliptic Differential equations, Nonlinear Differential equations, Partial Differential equations
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Laurent Veron has written: 'Singularities of solutions of second order quasilinear equations' -- subject(s): Differential equations, Elliptic, Differential equations, Nonlinear, Differential equations, Parabolic, Elliptic Differential equations, Nonlinear Differential equations, Numerical solutions, Parabolic Differential equations, Singularities (Mathematics)
Jeffrey S. Scroggs has written: 'An iterative method for systems of nonlinear hyperbolic equations' -- subject(s): Algorithms, Hyperbolic Differential equations, Iterative solution, Nonlinear equations, Parallel processing (Computers)
All linear equations are functions but not all functions are linear equations.