• In mathematics, separation of variables (also known as the Fourier method) is any of several methods for solving ordinary and partial differential equations...
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    method of separation of variables, one reduces a PDE to a PDE in fewer variables, which is an ordinary differential equation if in one variable – these...
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  • )},} for each respective substitution. Both may be solved via Separation of Variables. A linear differential equation is homogeneous if it is a homogeneous...
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  • be broken into a set of equations of lower dimensionality (fewer independent variables) by a method of separation of variables. It generally relies upon...
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  • Schrödinger equation (category Functions of space and time)
    only on space. Solving the equation by separation of variables means seeking a solution of the form of a product of spatial and temporal parts Ψ ( r , t...
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  • Helmholtz equation (category Eponymous equations of physics)
    time-independent form of the wave equation, results from applying the technique of separation of variables to reduce the complexity of the analysis. For example...
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  • problem. When the problem allows additive separation of variables, the HJE leads directly to constants of motion. For example, the time t can be separated...
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  • mathematics, the Kronecker sum of discrete Laplacians, named after Leopold Kronecker, is a discrete version of the separation of variables for the continuous Laplacian...
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    single independent variable. As with any other DE, its unknown(s) consists of one (or more) function(s) and involves the derivatives of those functions....
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    coordinates. The 3-variable Laplace equation ∇ 2 Φ = 0 {\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}\Phi =0} admits solution via separation of variables in toroidal coordinates...
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  • general) Separation of variables, in mathematics to solve certain (separable) differential equations Separation principle, in control theory Separation process...
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    ^{2}}}=0.} Consider the problem of finding solutions of the form f(r, θ, φ) = R(r) Y(θ, φ). By separation of variables, two differential equations result...
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    Wave equation (category Equations of physics)
    functions u = u (x, y, z, t) of a time variable t (a variable representing time) and one or more spatial variables x, y, z (variables representing a position...
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  • "Separation of church and state" is a metaphor paraphrased from Thomas Jefferson and used by others in discussions of the Establishment Clause and Free...
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  • equations of lower dimension, preferably ordinary differential equations, which can often be solved exactly. This can sometimes be done using separation of variables...
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    used to refer to a more general class of quartic surfaces which are important in the theory of separation of variables for the Laplace equation in three dimensions...
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    mass of the string. This problem is amenable to the method of separation of variables. If we assume that h(x, t) can be written as the product of the form...
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  • ordinary differential equations are often exactly solvable by separation of variables, especially for autonomous equations. For example, the nonlinear...
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  • (differential geometry), a type of set allowing an intrinsic Riemannian-geometry characterisation of the additive separation of variables in the Hamilton–Jacobi...
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  • three-variable Laplace operator, one can for instance expand it in the rotationally invariant coordinate systems which allow separation of variables. For...
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  • form may be more useful, depending on application. Performing a separation of variables will give ∫ y ( 0 ) y ( t ) d y 6 A 5 y 5 / 3 + C 0 = t {\displaystyle...
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  • Wronskian (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024)
    Zbl 0671.15005 Wolsson, Kenneth (1989b), "Linear dependence of a function set of m variables with vanishing generalized Wronskians", Linear Algebra and...
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    a first order ordinary differential equation and solves it by separation of variables. Both steps may be difficult or even impossible. In such cases...
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  • with functions of a single variable and their derivatives.) PDEs are used to formulate problems involving functions of several variables, and are either...
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  • equation may be solved exactly using separation of variables or a similarity solution. However, the separation of variables solution is known to blow up to...
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  • homogeneous by subtracting the steady solution. Then, applying separation of variables leads to the solution: u ( y , t ) = U y h − 2 U π ∑ n = 1 ∞ 1...
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  • = − x 2 {\displaystyle y'y^{-2}-{\frac {2}{x}}y^{-1}=-x^{2}} Changing variables gives the equations u = 1 y ,   u ′ = − y ′ y 2 − u ′ − 2 x u = − x 2...
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  • associative algebras of the notion of a separable field extension Separable differential equation, in which separation of variables is achieved by various...
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    solution of Laplace's equation of the static potential, ∇2 Φ(x) = 0, in a charge-free region of space, using the method of separation of variables, where...
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  • Neumann boundary condition Stefan problem Wiener–Hopf problem Separation of variables Green's function Elliptic partial differential equation Singular...
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