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Abel's identity

Abel's identity proper noun: an equation expressing the Wronskian of two solutions of a homogeneous second-order linear ordinary differential equation in terms of a coefficient of the original differential equation.

Proper noun

Abel's identity

  1. An equation expressing the Wronskian of two solutions of a homogeneous second-order linear ordinary differential equation in terms of a coefficient of the original differential equation.
    Synonyms:
    Abel's formula

Synonyms of Abel's identity

Origin of Abel's identity

Proven in 1826 by Niels Henrik Abel.

Questions about Abel's identity

What does Abel's identity mean?
Abel's identity means an equation expressing the Wronskian of two solutions of a homogeneous second-order linear ordinary differential equation in terms of a coefficient of the original differential equation.
What part of speech is Abel's identity?
Abel's identity is a proper noun.

Words near Abel's identity in the dictionary

  1. Abel sum
  2. Abel sums
  3. Abel test
  4. Abel tests
  5. Abel's formula
  6. Abel's identity
  7. Abel's impossibility theorem
  8. Abel's irreducibility theorem
  9. Abel's summation formula
  10. Abel's theorem
  11. Abel-Jacobi map

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