What is Differential: Definition and 1000 Discussions
In mathematics, a differential equation is an equation that relates one or more functions and their derivatives. In applications, the functions generally represent physical quantities, the derivatives represent their rates of change, and the differential equation defines a relationship between the two. Such relations are common; therefore, differential equations play a prominent role in many disciplines including engineering, physics, economics, and biology.
Mainly the study of differential equations consists of the study of their solutions (the set of functions that satisfy each equation), and of the properties of their solutions. Only the simplest differential equations are solvable by explicit formulas; however, many properties of solutions of a given differential equation may be determined without computing them exactly.
Often when a closed-form expression for the solutions is not available, solutions may be approximated numerically using computers. The theory of dynamical systems puts emphasis on qualitative analysis of systems described by differential equations, while many numerical methods have been developed to determine solutions with a given degree of accuracy.
My question i am trying to solve:
I have successfully done first order equations before but this one has got me a little stuck. My attempt at the general solution below:
$${5} \frac{\text{d}\theta}{\text{d}t}=-6\theta$$
$${5} \frac{\text{d}\theta}{\text{d}t} =\frac{\text{-6}\theta}{5}$$...
The solution in my book:
5/4 = 1.25. That is 25 % more.
What I came up with:
I thought that now we have totally 9 players. So A: 4/9 and B: 5/9. The difference is 1/9 which is about 11%!
A friend told me :
The difference between B & A is 5-4=1
The changing rate is (5-4)/5 = 0.2 !
So B has 20...
I am going through this page again...just out of curiosity, how did they arrive at the given transforms?, ...i think i get it...very confusing...
in general,
##U_{xx} = ξ_{xx} =ξ_{x}ξ_{x}= ξ^2_{x}## . Also we may have
##U_{xy} =ξ_{xy} =ξ_{x}ξ_{y}.## the other transforms follow in a similar manner.
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I know that this question might be a bit silly but I am confused about plotting a normalized differential cross section. Suppose that I have a histogram with the x-axis representing some observable X and the y-axis the number of events per bin. I want the y-axis to show the normalized...
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Summary:: Trying to find transfer functions to design a block diagram on simulink with a PID controller and transfer functions for a water tank system.
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The variables and parameters...
Summary:: Differential equation of motion, parabola
Hi. I've tried resolve this problem but I have two doubts. The first is about the differential equation of motion because I can't simplify it to the form y" + a*y' + b*y = F(t). I'm not sure if what I got is right. My second doubt is that I...
I'd like a good set of notes or a textbook recommendation on how to approach vector differential equations. I'm looking for something that isn't specific to one type of application like E&M, fluid dynamics, etc., but draws heavily from those and other fields for examples.
I'd strongly prefer a...
I am doing a University lab project where I measure positions of sunspots (using images from NASA's SDO) and use them to calculate the rotation of the Sun. Currently, all is going well: I have the angular velocity of several sunspots at varying heights. However, I want to be able to find the...
Hi, PF
Here is the text I've taken a look at
file:///C:/Users/usuario/Desktop/2001_JMT_Girep.pdf
And the article I'm looking for:
Artigue M. and Viennot L.
Some aspects of students' conceptions and difficulties about differentials,
Misconceptions and Edu. Strategies in Sci&Math. Cornell...
Hello! Consider this partial differential equation
$$ zu_{xx}+x^2u_{yy}+zu_{zz}+2(y-z)u_{xz}+y^3u_x-sin(xyz)u=0 $$
Now I've got the solution and I have a few questions regarding how we get there. Now we've always done it like this.We built the matrix and then find the eigenvalues.
And here is...
Hello.
Considering this DE;
$$ x^7 x' = (x^8-300)t^6 $$ with inital value x(0) = -2
Now the solution for the initial value should be
C = -44;
And for x(t) I get ;
$$x(t) = (-44 e^{\frac{8}{7} t^7} + 300)^{\frac{1}{8}}$$
Now to get the biggest domain of definition I did this;
$$ -44...
I have a few questions about the negative Bendixon criterion. In order to present my doubts, I organize this post as follows. First, I present the theorem and its interpretation. Second, I present a worked example and my doubts.
The Bendixson criterion is a theorem that permits one to establish...
Why are n-forms called differential forms? What is differential about them? And why was the dx notation adopted for them? It must have something to do with the differential dx in calculus. But dx in calculus is an infinitesimal quantity. I don't see what n-forms have to do with infinitesimal...
I have the following differential equation, which is the general Sturm-Liouville problem,
$$
\dfrac{d}{dx} \left[ p(x) \dfrac{d\varphi}{dx} \right] + \left[ \lambda w(x) - q(x) \right] \varphi(x) = 0\ ,
$$
and I want to perform the change of variable
$$
x \rightarrow y = \int_a^x \sqrt{\lambda...
From my working...I am getting,
##xy=####\int x^{-1/2}\ dx##
##y##=##\dfrac {2}{x}##+##\dfrac {k}{x}##
##y##=##\dfrac {2}{x}##+##\dfrac {6}{x}##
##y##=##\dfrac {8}{x}##
i hope am getting it right...
Starting from equation
\frac{dy}{dx}=\int^x_0 \varphi(t)dt
we can write
dy=dx\int^x_0 \varphi(t)dt
Now I can integrate it
\int^{y(x)}_{y(0)}dt=\int^x_0dx'\int^x_0\varphi(t)dt
Is this correct?
Or I should write it as
\int^{y(x)}_{y(0)}dt=\int^x_0dx'\int^{x'}_0\varphi(t)dt
Best wishes in new year...
Hello everyone,
I wanted some help deciding which elective to choose. I am a junior and for my next semester I have the option to pick either Differential Geometry-I or Quantum Information. I am confused which one to choose. We will be doing QMII as a compulsory course next semester and I have...
This is the question;
This is the solution;
Find my approach here,
##x####\frac {dy}{dx}##=##1-y^2##
→##\frac {dx}{x}##=##\frac {dy}{1-y^2}##
I let ##u=1-y^2## → ##du=-2ydy##, therefore;
##\int ####\frac {dx}{x}##=##\int ####\frac {du}{-2yu}##, we know that ##y##=##\sqrt {1-u}##
##\int...
How is the order of a partial differential equation defined?
This is said to be first order: ##\frac{d}{d t}\left(\frac{\partial L}{\partial s_{i}}\right)-\frac{\partial L}{\partial q_{i}}=0##
And this second order :##\frac{d}{d t}\left(\frac{\partial L}{\partial...
hi, i am going through differential equations which are nonlinear and singular - like Lane-Emden equation etc.
my question is how to tackle singularity - while coding.
regards
It seems to me there is a little of confusion about the definition of gradient.
Take for instance a smooth function ##f## defined on a differentiable manifold. Which is actually its gradient at a given point ?
Someone says gradient is the vector ##\nabla f## defined at each point, whilst...
I am reading on this part; and i realize that i get confused with the 'lettering' used... i will use my own approach because in that way i am able to work on the pde's at ease and most importantly i understand the concept on separation of variables and therefore would not want to keep on second...
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I would like to ask for a clarification about the difference between a differential k-form and a generic (0,k) tensor field.
Take for instance a (non simple) differential 2-form defined on a 2D differential manifold with coordinates ##\{x^{\mu}\}##. It can be assigned as linear combination...
So I am a sophomore physics major at a university near my hometown. I have always been fascinated by the way studying physics makes me think about the world, and I have struggled with but enjoyed my other undergraduate physics and math classes.
This semester, however, I am taking multivariable...
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I am looking at a Micsig DP2003 high voltage differential probe. It's rated for 5.6 kV differential voltage. I understand that the differential votlage is measuring across two terminals which can be floating (not referenced to GND). The specs say it is rated for 1 kV common mode voltage...
I am given this system of differential equations;
$$ x_1'=2t^2x_1+3t^2x_2+t^5 $$
$$ x_2' =-2t^2x_1-3t^2x_2 +t^2 $$
Now the first question states the following;
Find a fundamental matrix of the corresponding homogeneous system and
explain exactly how you arrive at independent solutions
And the...
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Consider this ODE;
$$ x' = sin(t) (x+2) $$ with initial conditions x(0) = 1;
Now I've solved it and according to wolfram alpha it is correct (I got the homogenous and the particular solution)
$$ x = c * e^{-cos(t)} -2 $$ and now I wanted to plug in the initial conditions and this is...
hi, i am working on nonlinear differential equation- i know rules which decide the equation to be nonlinear - but i want an answer by which i can satisfy a lay man that why the word nonlinear is used.
it is easy to explain nonlinearity in case of simple equation i.e when output is not...
A ##\frac{df}{dx}## notation is problematic. Obviously, the letter 'd' has very different meaning when applied to the function or to the argument. Additionally, a separate letter '##\partial##' is used to denote a partial differential (a very rare case in math when a notation used for a general...
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First I tried modelling it like most mixing problems.
$$ \frac{dA}{dt} = rate coming in - rate coming out $$ where dA is the volume and dt is the time
rate coming in/out can be describe as; contrencation * flow rate.
Now if we plug that all on
$$ \frac{dA}{dt} = 35 * 0 -...
I had an equation. $$T=\frac{1}{2}m[\dot{x}^2+(r\dot{\theta})^2]$$ Then, they wrote that $$\mathrm dr=\hat r \mathrm dr + r \hat \theta \mathrm d \theta + \hat k \mathrm dz$$ I was thinking how they had derived it. The equation is looking like, they had differentiate "something". Is it just an...
The number of organisms in a population at time t is denoted by x. Treating x as a continuous variable, the differential equation satisfied by x and t is dx/dt= xe^-1/(k+e^-1), where k is a positive constant..
Given that x =10 when t=0 solve the differential equation, obtaining a relation...
Consider the second order linear ODE with parameters ##a, b##:
$$
xy'' + (b-x)y' - ay = 0
$$
By considering the series solution ##y=\sum c_mx^m##, I have obtained two solutions of the following form:
$$
\begin{aligned}
y_1 &= M(x, a, b) \\
y_2 &= x^{1-b}M(x, a-b+1, 2-b) \\
\end{aligned}
$$...
I attatched an example plot where I created the histogram for the differential distribution with respect to the energy of the d-quark produced in the scattering process. My conception is that the phase space generator can "decide" how much of the available energy it assigns to the respective...
My book claims that the diff. form of Gauss' law is
$$\nabla\cdot\mathbf E=4\pi\rho$$
Can someone tell me why it isn't ##\nabla\cdot\mathbf E=\rho/\epsilon_0##?
Are these books using 'differential' correctly? Why not just write 'different'?
1. Handbook of the Biology of Aging edited by Edward J. Masoro, Steven N. Austad. p 480.
2. The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology edited by David L. Hull, Michael Ruse. p 46.
3. p 78.
4. Dictionary...
Question about the differential in Calculus.
Assume a function y = f(x) , differentiable everywhere. Now we have for some Δx
Δy = f(x + Δx) - f(x)
The differential of x, is defined as “dx”, can be any real number, and dx = Δx
The differential of y, is defined by “dy” and
dy = f’(x)...
Intersecting the graph of the surface z=f(x,y) with the yz -plane.
This is the option I have chosen, but it's wrong. I don't understand why. x is fixed so I thought the coordinates: y and z are left.
I thought this source may be helpful...
Hello. After a lot of researching, I am still not clear how the subject of differential equations is really any different from derivatives and integrals which are learned in the main part of calculus. For example:
"Population growth of rabbits:
N = the population of rabbits at any time t
r=...
I assume that air have ##1 kg/m^3## density.
Therefore, using Bernoulli equation, on upside and downside of my test object, there is a differential pressure ##\Delta P##:
$$\Delta P=0.5*(v_2^2 - v_1^2)$$
From cases:
(a) ##v_1 = 1 m/s## and ##v_2 = 2 m/s##, then ##\Delta P = 1,5 Pa##
(b) ##v_1 =...
I was just browsing through the textbooks forum a few days ago when I came across a post on differential geometry books.
Among the others these two books by the same author seem to be the most widely recommended:
Elementary Differential Geometry (Barret O' Neill)
Semi-Riemannian Geometry with...
Let ##\quad z=h(x, y)##
and
##x=f(t) ; y=g(t)##
Let the change in the function z be given by ##\Delta z=h(x+\Delta x, y+\Delta y)-h(x,y)##
We can also write the change as
##\begin{aligned} \Delta z=h &(x+\Delta x, y)-\\ & h(x, y)-h(x+\Delta x, y) \\ &+h(x+\Delta x, y+\Delta y)...
Suppose you have a smooth parametrized path through spacetime ##x^\mu(s)##. If the path is always spacelike or always timelike (meaning that ##g_{\mu \nu} \dfrac{dx^\mu}{ds} \dfrac{dx^\nu}{ds}## always has the same sign, and is never zero), then you can define a smooth function of ##s##...