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An equation relating an unknown function of one independent variable to its derivatives.
An ODE may be linear or nonlinear; existence and uniqueness require additional hypotheses.
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An ODE is formed by imposing an equation involving an unknown function of one independent variable and its ordinary derivatives.
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Coupled ordinary differential equations formulate well-mixed deterministic chemical kinetics after rate laws are combined with stoichiometric balances; spatial gradients or discrete fluctuations require richer models.
A mathematical concept supplies part of the formal language, state space, representation, or analytic machinery used by a scientific or mathematical-physics concept. The source is the mathematical predecessor; this does not claim that physical content follows from mathematics alone.
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Newtonian initial-value problems are ordinarily formulated as systems of ordinary differential equations.
A mathematical concept supplies part of the formal language, state space, representation, or analytic machinery used by a scientific or mathematical-physics concept. The source is the mathematical predecessor; this does not claim that physical content follows from mathematics alone.
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A sufficiently regular autonomous first-order ODE on a smooth manifold has a unique local flow. It yields the global smooth flow represented here only when its generating vector field is complete; generic higher-order or nonautonomous ODEs first require an equivalent enlarged-state formulation.
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