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partial-differential-equations

Characteristics with variable coefficients

taught

Find and integrate characteristic curves when a first-order PDE's coefficients depend on x and y, not just constants.

Taught in

Variable-coefficient characteristics
Partial Differential Equations

Requires

first-order-linear-pde-characteristics required

Required by

Characteristics for quasilinear PDEs required

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