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Partial differential equation

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Summary

An equation involving a multivariable function and its partial derivatives.

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A PDE may be linear or nonlinear; regularity and boundary data are separate essential issues.

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Differential operatorPartial differential equation

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A PDE is formed by imposing an equation involving a multivariable unknown and its partial derivatives, often expressed through one or more differential operators.

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Partial differential equationClassical field theory

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Classical field dynamics is normally expressed through systems of PDEs.

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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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Partial differential equationSchrödinger equation

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The Schrödinger equation is a linear partial differential equation in common coordinate representations, with coefficients and domain fixed by the Hamiltonian and physical boundary conditions.

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A more specific theory, model, entity class, or regime is obtained by restricting or extending the scope of a broader framework.

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