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Consider a first-order ODE in the slightly different form p(x,y)dx+q(x,y)dy=0. (1) Such an equation is said to be exact if (partialp)/(partialy)=(partialq)/(partialx). (2) ...

A second-order partial differential equation, i.e., one of the form Au_(xx)+2Bu_(xy)+Cu_(yy)+Du_x+Eu_y+F=0, (1) is called elliptic if the matrix Z=[A B; B C] (2) is positive ...

Given a first-order ordinary differential equation (dy)/(dx)=F(x,y), (1) if F(x,y) can be expressed using separation of variables as F(x,y)=X(x)Y(y), (2) then the equation ...

A Fredholm integral equation of the first kind is an integral equation of the form f(x)=int_a^bK(x,t)phi(t)dt, (1) where K(x,t) is the kernel and phi(t) is an unknown ...

Take the Helmholtz differential equation del ^2F+k^2F=0 (1) in spherical coordinates. This is just Laplace's equation in spherical coordinates with an additional term, (2) ...

The partial differential equation u_(xy)+(N(u_x+u_y))/(x+y)=0.

The Helmholtz differential equation is not separable in toroidal coordinates

The partial differential equation u_t+2uu_x-nuu_(xx)+muu_(xxx)=0.

In two-dimensional bipolar coordinates, Laplace's equation is ((coshv-cosu)^2)/(a^2)((partialF^2)/(partialu^2)+(partialF^2)/(partialv^2))=0, which simplifies to ...

The second-order ordinary differential equation y^('')+alpha(x)y^'+x^2y^n=0.