DIFFERENTIAL

OPERATORS

• MUHAMMAD TAHAM JAN – EB-

20103097
• SAMEER SHAIKH – EB-
20103113
DEFINITION :
 Differential operators are a generalization of the operation
of differentiation, differentiation is often denoted by
the capital letter D that is, The symbol D is
called a differential operator, it transforms a
differentiable function into another
function. The differential operator is a linear
operator.
Examples of Differential Operators
• Differential operators are a generalization of the operation of
differentiation. The simplest differential operator D acting on a
function y, “returns” the first derivative of this function:

• Double D allows to obtain the second derivative of the function y(x):

• Similarly, the nth power of D leads to the nth derivative:

 Steps To Solve Differential Operators
• One way to indicate the process of differentiation is to use the
differential operator:

• The first derivative of y with respect to x is then

• The second derivative of y with respect to x is then

and so on.
• Differential notation and the differential operator are very helpful
when trying to solve differential equations.
Rewriting differential equations in operator form:

Function notation allows us to rewrite this as:

We call the characteristic polynomial for the differential equation. We

also call it the linear differential operator.
FUNCTION NOTATION
Solving of Differential Operators
Identify the linear differential operator
1-

Since is linear, it has a linear differential dx operator.

Rewriting this in operator notation:

so the linear differential operator is

 2-

Since is not a linear differential equation, it has dx no linear differential

operator.