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Definition of Partial differential equation
1. Noun. A differential equation involving a functions of more than one variable.
Definition of Partial differential equation
1. Noun. (calculus) a differential equation that involves the partial derivatives of a function of several variables ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Partial Differential Equation
Literary usage of Partial differential equation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theory of Differential Equations by A.R. Forsyth (1890)
"... of thu partial differential equation* ; the work U thui not so entirely limited
to the theory of ..."
2. A Treatise on Differential Equations by George Boole (1877)
"Representing try by v and making p, — ^(v}, the partial differential equation (1)
becomes whence, since -y- = y, -=- — x, we find dx a> dy , dv dv „ ..."
3. Higher Mathematics for Students of Chemistry and Physics: With Special by Joseph William Mellor (1902)
"What is the Solution of a partial differential equation ? Ordinary differential
equations have two classes of solutions — the complete integral and the ..."
4. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"We now proceed to investigate the form of the partial differential equation of
the envelope, when the equation of the moveable surface contains three ..."
5. An Elementary Treatise on Differential Equations by Abraham Cohen (1906)
"Solution of a partial differential equation. — Since a primitive which gives rise
to a differential equation is obviously a solution of that equation, ..."
6. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"... On Lie's Solution of a partial differential equation of the First Order.
By AC DIXON, Sc.D., Trinity College. § 1. The present paper gives an account ..."
7. A Short Course on Differential Equations by Donald Francis Campbell (1906)
"A linear partial differential equation of the first order is an equation of the
... Derivation of a partial differential equation. (a) By the elimination of ..."