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Difference equation

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finite differencenounA difference between the value of a function evaluated at a number, and the value of the same function evaluated at a different number, a fixed distance from the first.
equidifferencenoun(mathematics) An equal difference.
diff eqnoun(mathematics, informal) A differential equation.
common differencenoun(mathematics) The constant added to each element of an arithmetic progression to obtain the next.
differentialnounA qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things.
differential equationnoun(calculus) An equation involving the derivatives of a function.
difference quotientnoun(calculus) The average rate of change of the function f(x) over the interval [a,,a+h]. As h approaches zero, the value of (f(a+h)-f(a))/h approaches the derivative or instantaneous rate of change of f(x) at x=a.
ordinary differential equationnoun(calculus) An equation involving the derivatives of a function of only one independent variable.
antidifferencenounA function F(x) is the antidifference of f(x) if F(x+1)-F(x)=f(x).
differential operatornoun(mathematics, mathematical analysis) An operator defined as a function of the differentiation operator (the operator which maps functions to their derivatives).
codifferentialnoun(differential geometry) the formal adjoint of the exterior derivative; a differential-geometric version of the divergence operator; the exterior derivative sandwiched between two Hodge star operators with some additional factor(s) that take(s) care of the sign; the Hermitian conjugate of the exterior derivative under the inner product for k-form fields over some manifold M: (α,β)=∫_Mα∧⋆β, so that (α,dβ)=(δα,β).
delay differential equationnoun(calculus) a type of differential equation in which the derivative of the unknown function at a certain time is given in terms of the values of the function at previous times
partial differential equationnoun(calculus) A differential equation that involves the partial derivatives of a function of several variables.
partial differentialnoun(mathematics) an infinitesimal change in a variable in a partial derivative, or the result of partial differentiation
automatic differentiationnoun(mathematics, computing) Exact differentiation of functions represented in program code by inspecting the code (as opposed to mere evaluation) and repeated application of the chain rule.
differentNot the same; exhibiting a difference.
disequalitynoun(mathematics) inequality, inequation
differentiationnounThe act or process of differentiating (generally, without a specialized sense).
difference setnoun(combinatorics) A subset of a group such that any element of the group can be expressed as the difference (or the quotient) of two elements in such subset.
affected equationnoun(obsolete, mathematics) A polynomial equation in two variables

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