Bernoulli Equation
Bernoulli equation
[ber‚nü·lē i′kwā·zhən]Bernoulli Equation
a differential equation of the first order of the form
dy/dx + Py = Qyα
where P and Q are predetermined continuous functions of x and α is a constant. With the introduction of the new function z = y-α + 1, the Bernoulli equation is reduced to a linear differential equation with respect to z. The Bernoulli equation was considered by Jakob Bernoulli in 1695, and a method of solving it was published by Johann Bernoulli in 1697.