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Abbreviation: PDE (Partial Differential Equation)
A partial differential equation is a differential equation which has:
- one dependent variable
- more than one independent variable.
The derivatives occurring in it are therefore partial.
Sources
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): differential equation
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