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Mathematical Methods in
Engineering I

(Lecture 1)
INTRODUCTION TO
DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS
Differential
Equation
CLASSIFICATION OF
DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS
 TYPE
ORDER
LINEARITY
ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
the ODE shown above
Explicit Solution a solution in which the dependent variable is expressed
solely in terms of the independent variable
Implicit Solution a solution which has an implicit relation between the
dependent and independent variables which is free of derivatives and
which defines one or more solutions of the relevant differential equation
General Solution - term for both explicit and implicit solutions
SEPARABLE
FIRST-ORDER
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
INTEGRATING FACTOR FOR
FIRST-ORDER
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
HOMOGENOUS
FIRST-ORDER
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
LINEAR FIRST-ORDER
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS