: an equation containing differentials or derivatives of functions compare partial differential equation
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Recent Examples on the WebLong’s idea was to build a computer simulation that would model each of the hundred and fifty-odd steps in photosynthesis as a differential equation. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021 This gives us a differential equation—a mathematical relationship between the rate of change of one quantity and some other quantities. Eugenia Cheng, WSJ, 3 June 2021 The impetus this time was the self-duality equation, a nonlinear differential equation that arises in quantum field theory.Quanta Magazine, 4 Mar. 2021 Just how can a box of gears, cams, racks, and pins handle ballistics calculations based on differential equations with dozens of variables in real time? Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 24 May 2020 Physicists have a lot of experience in dealing with dynamical systems modelling, differential equations, and computer/ data scientists can analyse the data that is available. Bhavya Dore, Quartz India, 8 Apr. 2020 The Langlands program relates prime number values of polynomial equations to spectra from the differential equations studied in analysis and geometry.Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2018 Five of them will be taking college courses in differential equations, abstract algebra and discrete mathematics as 10th-graders at Pasadena High School this fall. Jay Mathews, Washington Post, 6 July 2019 Another plaintiff, Nick Venner, seventeen, dons headphones and begins solving differential equations on his laptop. Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2019 See More