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  1. What exactly is a differential? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jul 13, 2015 · The right question is not "What is a differential?" but "How do differentials behave?". Let me explain this by way of an analogy. Suppose I teach you all the rules for …

  2. calculus - What is the practical difference between a differential …

    See this answer in Quora: What is the difference between derivative and differential?. In simple words, the rate of change of function is called as a derivative and differential is the actual …

  3. Linear vs nonlinear differential equation - Mathematics Stack …

    Jun 8, 2013 · 2 One could define a linear differential equation as one in which linear combinations of its solutions are also solutions.

  4. What is a differential form? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jul 21, 2018 · 69 can someone please informally (but intuitively) explain what "differential form" mean? I know that there is (of course) some formalism behind it - definition and possible …

  5. real analysis - Rigorous definition of "differential" - Mathematics ...

    Nov 3, 2016 · What bothers me is this definition is completely circular. I mean we are defining differential by differential itself. Can we define differential more precisely and rigorously? P.S. …

  6. What is differential probability? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Dec 20, 2021 · Density denotes the differential probability that a ray interacts with the volumetric “medium” of the scene at a particular point What does differential probability mean? (especially …

  7. analysis - How to tell if a differential equation is homogeneous, or ...

    Jan 27, 2015 · Sometimes it arrives to me that I try to solve a linear differential equation for a long time and in the end it turn out that it is not homogeneous in the first place. Is there a way to …

  8. Differential equation involving Newton's law of gravitation

    Aug 2, 2021 · Differential equation involving Newton's law of gravitation Ask Question Asked 4 years, 2 months ago Modified 4 years ago

  9. Differential Equations applications in Computer Science

    Aug 18, 2015 · 1 You will not find as much examples as in physics or engineering because differential equations model continous quantities, while a large part of computer science deals …

  10. What actually is a differential? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Oct 3, 2019 · I am a bit confused about differentials, and this is probably partly due to what I find to be a rather confusing teaching approach. (I know there are a bunch of similar questions …