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The EqWorld website presents extensive information on solutions to various classes of ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, integral equations, functional equations, and other mathematical equations. Nonlinear Analysis and Dierential Equations An Introduction Klaus Schmitt Department of Mathematics University of Utah Russell C. Thompson Department of Mathematics and Statistics Partial vs. An ordinary differential equation (or ODE) has a discrete (finite) set of variables. For example in the simple pendulum, there are two variables: angle and angular velocity. A partial differential equation (or PDE) has an infinite set of variables which correspond to all the positions on a line or a surface or a region of space. In general, little is known about nonlinear second order differential equations, but two cases are worthy of discussion: (1) Equations with the y missing. Let v y Then the new equation satisfied by v is This is a first order differential equation. 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