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An ordinary differential equation is an equation relating the derivatives of a function to the function and the variable being differentiated against. For example, dy/dx=y+x would be an ordinary differential equation. This is as opposed to a partial differential equation which relates the partial derivatives of a function to the partial variables such as d²u/dx²=-d²u/dt². In a linear ordinary differential equation, the various derivatives never get multiplied together, but they can get multiplied by the variable. For example, d²y/dx²+x*dy/dx=x would be a linear ordinary differential equation. A nonlinear ordinary differential equation does not have this restriction and lets you chain as many derivatives together as you want. For example, d²y/dx² * dy/dx * y = x would be a perfectly valid example
An Airy equation is an equation in mathematics, the simplest second-order linear differential equation with a turning point.
Non-linear partial differential equations. Are you offering to help me? If not, why did you ask?
the Bratu's equation is a differential equation which is non-linear (such as, if we have some solutions for it, a linear combinaison of these solutions will not be everytime a solution). It's given by the equation y''+a*e^y=0 or d²y/dy² =-ae^y.
That depends on what type of equation it is because it could be quadratic, simultaneous, linear, straight line or even differential