Jul 13, 2015 · The right question is not "What is a differential?" but "How do differentials behave?". Let me explain this by way of an analogy. Suppose I teach you all the rules for adding and multiplying …

See this answer in Quora: What is the difference between derivative and differential?. In simple words, the rate of change of function is called as a derivative and differential is the actual change of …

Jul 21, 2018 · 70 can someone please informally (but intuitively) explain what "differential form" mean? I know that there is (of course) some formalism behind it - definition and possible operations with …

Aug 24, 2015 · A differential algebraic system of equations is a system of equations where some equations are algebraic equations and some are differential equations. The equations need not be …

Mar 10, 2025 · The main difference between a differential such as dx d x, dy d y, or more generally df d f (for a function f f of several variables) and a differential form is generality: a differential is a 1-form …

Oct 3, 2019 · I am a bit confused about differentials, and this is probably partly due to what I find to be a rather confusing teaching approach. (I know there are a bunch of similar questions around, but none o...

Next semester (fall 2021) I am planning on taking a grad-student level differential topology course but I have never studied differential geometry which is a pre-requisite for the course. My plan i...

The differential equations class I took as a youth was disappointing, because it seemed like little more than a bag of tricks that would work for a few equations, leaving the vast majority of interesting …

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Sep 16, 2015 · I've seen many variants of this problem online, but not quite the same as this, so I don't believe this is a duplicate. The famous differential equation problem models a skydiver jumping out of …