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21Differential geometry of curves — This article considers only curves in Euclidean space. Most of the notions presented here have analogues for curves in Riemannian and pseudo Riemannian manifolds. For a discussion of curves in an arbitrary topological space, see the main article… …
22First order partial differential equation — In mathematics, a first order partial differential equation is a partial differential equation that involves only first derivatives of the unknown function of n variables. The equation takes the form: F(x 1,ldots,x n,u,u {x 1},ldots u {x n}) =0 …
23Differential (infinitesimal) — For other uses of differential in calculus, see differential (calculus), and for more general meanings, see differential. In calculus, a differential is traditionally an infinitesimally small change in a variable. For example, if x is a variable …
24Differential rotation in stars — What is differential rotation? *Differential rotation is when a rotating body has different angular velocities at different latitudes and/or depths of the body and/or in time. Differential rotation can be applied to any type of fluid body such as …
25First law of thermodynamics — In thermodynamics, the first law of thermodynamics is an expression of the more universal physical law of the conservation of energy. Succinctly, the first law of thermodynamics states: DescriptionThe first law of thermodynamics basically states… …
26Differential algebraic equation — In mathematics, differential algebraic equations (DAEs) are a general form of (systems of) differential equations for vector–valued functions x in one independent variable t, where is a vector of dependent variables and the system has as many… …
27Differential invariant — In mathematics, a differential invariant is an invariant for the action of a Lie group on a space that involves the derivatives of graphs of functions in the space. Differential invariants are fundamental in projective differential geometry, and… …
28Differential topology — In mathematics, differential topology is the field dealing with differentiable functions on differentiable manifolds. It is closely related to differential geometry and together they make up the geometric theory of differentiable manifolds.… …
29Differential operator — In mathematics, a differential operator is an operator defined as a function of the differentiation operator. It is helpful, as a matter of notation first, to consider differentiation as an abstract operation, accepting a function and returning… …
30differential geometry — Math. the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the principles of differential and integral calculus to the study of curves and surfaces. * * * Field of mathematics in which methods of calculus are applied to the local geometry …
