Degree of a differential equation

In mathematics, the degree of a differential equation is the power of its highest derivative, after the equation has been made rational and integral in all of its derivatives.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Order and Degree General Terms of Ordinary Differential Equations. Fundamentals website; accessed 26 Dec 2015.
  2. ↑ Differential Equations:Degree and Order (www3.ul.ie/cemtl/pdf files/bm2/DegreeOrder.pdf), Mathematics Learning Centre Limerick.
  3. ↑ Differential equations. Definitions. Order, degree. General, particular and singular solutions. Solitaryroad.com, accessed Dec 2015.
  4. ↑ Morris, Max; Brown, Orley (1952). Differential Equations (3 ed.). Englewood Cliffs N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc. p. 1.


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