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Graduate Setting up a differential equation
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Graduate Can Fractional Calculus Handle Derivatives of Non-Integer Orders?
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Undergrad Notation Q: What Does F(y/x) Mean?
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Undergrad Solving Second Order Inhomogeneous Equations with ODEs
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Undergrad Simple differential equation substitution
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Graduate Hyperbolic Equations: Definition & Explanation
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Graduate Is there a mathematical way to calculate the bifurcation of a system?
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Graduate Heat equation and Theta, Parts I-III
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Graduate How Do We Ensure Solutions to Differential Equations Are Unique?
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Graduate Non-hom heat eq. w/ Dirichlet + Neumann BC
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Undergrad Is There a Mistake in These Differential Equation Notes?
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Undergrad Solving a Simple PDE: Understanding D/Dr and D/Dt
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Graduate Inverse laplace method for equation .
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Graduate Existence of solution to Poisson's equation
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Graduate Solve PDE: Find F to Satisfy \lambda F + (\frac{\partial F}{\partial y})^{2}=0
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Undergrad The auxiliary equation. Where did it come from?
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Undergrad Why are some differential equations not exact?
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Graduate Power Series & Singular Points: Why Change the Form?
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Undergrad Elementary Differential Equations
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Graduate Fourier Transforms by Looking at it
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Graduate Solving a Separable 2nd Order Differential Equation
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Graduate Solve Diff Eq: \frac{d^2x}{dy^2}+(\frac{y}{2}-\frac{1}{y})\frac{dx}{dy}=0
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Graduate Me this Inverse Laplace Transformation question
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Graduate How Do You Solve This Complex Laplace Inverse Problem?
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Graduate Recirculation Current in an Inductor
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Undergrad How to Solve a Second Order Differential Equation with Given Initial Conditions?
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Graduate Verifying Laplace Transform Solution for x' + 2y' + x = 0, x' - y' + y = 1
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Graduate Partial Differentiation and Conic Asymptotes
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Undergrad A simple differential equation problem.
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Graduate Solving Conventional PDEs: Separation of Variables and Eigen Theory
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Graduate Singular points in 3-dim space
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Graduate How to Form the Differential Equation for a Curve with Equidistant Normal?
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Graduate Proof for this Laplace transform
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Graduate Non-Homogeneous Heat Equation Problem
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Graduate How to Solve the Partial Differential Equation x(δu/δx)-(1/2)y(δu/δy)=0?
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Graduate Navier&Stokes to follow Poincare?
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Undergrad What is the relationship between the Wronskian and linear independence?
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Graduate Help with Electrodynamics Equations
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Graduate Solving 2nd Order Non-Homogeneous DE with Variables: A Comprehensive Guide
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Graduate A set of nonlinear coupled ODE's
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Graduate Nonhomogeneous Linear Differential Equations with Constant Coefficients
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Undergrad Method of undetermined coefficients
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Graduate Solve DE: (y-1)e^y = [(x^2+1)^(3/2)]/3 + C
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Graduate Analytic solution of this, Advice.
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Undergrad Reduction of Order: Integration Explained
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Undergrad Solving ln|x| Improper Integral: -1 to 1
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Graduate How Do You Solve Nonautonomous Nonlinear ODEs Like dy/dt = A*y^n + g(t)?
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Graduate Finding linearly independent solutions
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Graduate Solving Drumhead PDE: Normal Modes and Estimation Techniques
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Undergrad Differential equation tank problem
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Graduate Solving Homogeneous Problem: Initial Value & Substitution
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Graduate Is the Navier-Stokes Conjecture Finally Solved?
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Graduate Need to find Green Function to solve ODE
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Graduate Eigenfunction expansion method in PDE solutions
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Graduate Complex Analysis: Finding Arg(z)
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Graduate Solving Non-Linear Boundary Problems: Challenges and Numerical Methods
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Graduate Dirac delta function homework help
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Graduate Solve Recurrence Relation for DE x(x-2)y''+(1-x)y'+xy=0@x=2
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Graduate Can Partial Differential Equations Have Non-Separable Solutions?
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Undergrad Partial differentiation question
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Undergrad Substitution Methods and Exact Equations
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Graduate Does Non-Lipschitz f(x,t) Ensure No Global Unique Solution?
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Graduate Linear Operator: Eigenfunctions and Boundary Conditions for Energy Calculation
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Graduate Solutions of the wave equation's little brother
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Graduate Numerically solving coupled DEs?
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Graduate Learn Hankel Transform & Application to Laplace Eq.
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