Assignment 1

Lahore Campus

Name: Mohammad Umair

Reg. No: FA19-BCS-139

Section: C

Course: Differential Equations

Date: 5/03/2021
 Differential Equations:

In Mathematics, a differential equation is an equation that contains one or

more functions with its derivatives.

Applications

Following are some differential equation applications in real time.

• Differential equations describe various exponential growths and decays.

• They are also used to describe the change in return on investment over time.

• They are used in the field of medical science for modelling cancer growth or the spread of disease
in the body.

• The movement of energy can also be represented with the aid of electricity.

• They allow economists to identify optimal investing options.

• The motion of waves or of a pendulum can also be described using these

Equations, man.

The numerous other applications in engineering are as follows:

Analysis of heat conduction, in mechanics, it can be used to explain

The movement of waves. The ordinary differential equation can be used as an algorithm in the
engineering field to determine the relationship between the different sections of the bridge..

Ordinary Differential Equation:

The normal differential equation includes function and its derivatives. It includes only one
independent variable and one or two of its derivatives for the variable.

The order of ordinary differential equations is defined as the order of the highest derivative in the
equation. The general form of the n-th order ODE shall be given as

F(x, y, y’,…., y n ) = 0
 Partial differential Equations:

A partial differential equation is a differential equation containing undefined multivariable functions

and their partial derivatives. Partial differential equations are used to formulate problems involving
functions of a number of variables that are either closed or used to construct a relevant computer
model.

Non-linear differential equations:

A non-linear differential equation is the differential equation which is not an undefined function and
its derivatives' linear equation. There are a few ways to precisely solve nonlinear differential
equations. The equation with special symmetries is usually considered to rely. Nonlinear differential
equations can be very difficult to comply with Long periods of time, indicative of anarchy.