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general solution

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noun

Mathematics.
  1. a solution to a differential equation that contains arbitrary, unevaluated constants.


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Competitive excel has been around for about 20 years and is essentially a puzzle solving competition, thinking logically about how you can create a general solution to a question which is scalable and fast.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

I’m beginning to think that the fire issue is so pervasive in so many of its manifestations that we can’t have a general solution, but neither do we need a universal response.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

In our recent study, my colleagues and I found a simpler and more general solution to the water paradox.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2022

Using some smart choices for c1 and c2, and a little bit of algebraic manipulation, we can find two linearly independent, real-value solutions to Equation 7.1 and express our general solution in those terms.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Now let us look at the correct general solution.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Dudeney, Henry Ernest

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