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What is nonlinear ordinary differential equation?
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
Uses of partial differential equation in civil engineering?
Civil engineers use partial differential equations in many different situations. These include the following: heating and cooling; motion of a particle in a resisting medium; hanging cables; electric circuits; natural purification in a stream.
What are the applications of partial differential equations in computer science?
All the optimization problems in Computer Science have a predecessor analogue in continuous domain and they are generally expressed in the form of either functional differential equation or partial differential equation. A classic example is the Hamiltonian Jacobi Bellman equation which is the precursor of Bellman Ford algorithm in CS.
What is a degree in a differential equation?
A degree of a differential equation is the highest power of highest order of a differential term of the equation. For example, 5(d^4 x/dx^4) - (dx/dx)^2 =7 Here 5(d^4x/dx^2) has the highest order and so the degree will be it's power which is 1.
How do you find general solutions to difference equations in time series give written example please?
The answer will depend on the nature of the differential equation.
