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Partial differential

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partialExisting as a part or portion; incomplete.
partial differential equationnoun(calculus) A differential equation that involves the partial derivatives of a function of several variables.
differentialnounA qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things.
elementnoun(chemistry) Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.
partial derivativenoun(mathematics) A derivative with respect to one variable of a function of several variables with the other variables held constant.
particular integralnoun(mathematics) Any solution to a differential equation.
subdifferentialnoun(mathematics) subderivative
differential operatornoun(mathematics, mathematical analysis) An operator defined as a function of the differentiation operator (the operator which maps functions to their derivatives).
differential calculusnoun(calculus) The calculus that deals with instantaneous rates of change.
differential equationnoun(calculus) An equation involving the derivatives of a function.
ordinary differential equationnoun(calculus) An equation involving the derivatives of a function of only one independent variable.
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).
pseudodifferential operatornoun(mathematics) An extension of the differential operator, used in the theory of partial differential equations and quantum field theory.
subdifferentiationnoun(mathematics) The formation of a subderivative
differentiationnounThe act or process of differentiating (generally, without a specialized sense).
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.
differential formnoun(differential geometry, tensor calculus, sometimes as "differential p-form") A completely antisymmetric tensor (of order p) that is defined on a Riemannian manifold; an expression, derived by applying a formalism to said tensor, that represents an integrand over the manifold.
infinitesimal calculusnoun(calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered together as a single subject.
differintegralnoun(mathematics, fractional calculus) Any type of mathematical operator which combines the properties of the fractional derivative and the fractional integral.
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

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