separation of variables
Americannoun
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a grouping of the terms of an ordinary differential equation so that associated with each differential is a factor consisting entirely of functions of the independent variable appearing in the differential.
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a process of finding a particular solution of a partial differential equation in the form of a product of factors that each involve only one of the variables.
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We can apply the process of separation of variables to solve this problem and similar problems involving solution concentrations.
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This equation represents the separation of variables we want.
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This equation can be solved using the method of separation of variables.
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The standard method of solving such a partial differential equation is by separation of variables, where we express the solution as the product of functions containing each variable separately.
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The method of separation of variables is used to find the general solution to a separable differential equation.
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