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# Higher order linear differential equations
---
title
:
Differential Equations
2
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# Differential equations 2
The lecture on differential equations consists of three parts, each with their own video:
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[
Higher order linear differential equations
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)
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[
Partial differential equations: Separation of variables
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)
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[
Self-adjoint differential operators
](
#solving-homogeneous-linear-system-with-constant-coefficients
)
**Total video length: hour minutes seconds**
## Higher order linear differential equations
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In the previous lecture, we focused on first order linear differential equations
as well as systems of such equations. In this lecture we switch focus to DE's
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$$f_1(x)=e^{0 x} = 1, \ f_{2}(x) = x e^{0 x} = x. $$
# Partial differential equations
## Partial differential equations: Separation of variables
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### Definitions and examples
A partial differential equation (PDE) is an equation involving a function of two or
more indepenedent variables and derivatives of said function. These equations
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in the figure below, regardless of the initial slope, the curves never reach $0$
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For boundary value problems like this, there are only solutions for particular
eigenvalues $
\l
ambda$. Coming back to the example, it turns out that solutions
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These are still very special solutions. We will begin discussing next how to
obtain the general solution in our example.
## Self-adjoint differential equations: Connection to Hilbert spaces! ##
## Self-adjoint differential operators
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As we hinted was possible earlier, let us re-write the previous equation by
defining a linear operator, $L$, acting on the space of functions which satisfy
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