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  2. Exterior derivative - Wikipedia

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    The exterior derivative of a differential form of degree k (also differential k-form, or just k-form for brevity here) is a differential form of degree k + 1.. If f is a smooth function (a 0-form), then the exterior derivative of f is the differential of f .

  3. Time-scale calculus - Wikipedia

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    The study of dynamic equations on time scales reveals such discrepancies, and helps avoid proving results twice—once for differential equations and once again for difference equations. The general idea is to prove a result for a dynamic equation where the domain of the unknown function is a so-called time scale (also known as a time-set ...

  4. Calculus of variations - Wikipedia

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    A simple example of such a problem is to find the curve of shortest length connecting two points. If there are no constraints, the solution is a straight line between the points. However, if the curve is constrained to lie on a surface in space, then the solution is less obvious, and possibly many solutions may exist.

  5. Related rates - Wikipedia

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    The distance between the base of the ladder and the wall, x, and the height of the ladder on the wall, y, represent the sides of a right triangle with the ladder as the hypotenuse, h. The objective is to find dy/dt, the rate of change of y with respect to time, t, when h, x and dx/dt, the rate of change of x, are known. Step 1: =

  6. Linear recurrence with constant coefficients - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics (including combinatorics, linear algebra, and dynamical systems), a linear recurrence with constant coefficients [1]: ch. 17 [2]: ch. 10 (also known as a linear recurrence relation or linear difference equation) sets equal to 0 a polynomial that is linear in the various iterates of a variable—that is, in the values of the elements of a sequence.

  7. Differential equation - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a differential equation is an equation that relates one or more unknown functions and their derivatives. [1] In applications, the functions generally represent physical quantities, the derivatives represent their rates of change, and the differential equation defines a relationship between the two.

  8. Degree-of-difference - Wikipedia

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    Degree of Difference Testing, which is also known as DOD is a method to determine an overall difference among test and control groups when product in question has exhibited variability that would have caused because of multiple factors such as the production time, use of multiple components, preparation or others.

  9. Vector calculus identities - Wikipedia

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    As the name implies, the divergence is a (local) measure of the degree to which vectors in the field diverge. The divergence of a tensor field of non-zero order k is written as ⁡ =, a contraction of a tensor field of order k − 1. Specifically, the divergence of a vector is a scalar.