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differential-equations

Converting an $n$th-order equation to a first-order system

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Converting an nth-order equation to a first-order system
Ordinary Differential Equations
From a higher-order equation to a system
Ordinary Differential Equations

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nth-order-linear-equations required

Required by

Vector-valued solutions and the vector Wronskian required
Why systems are the more general object required

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