Math 2.0

concept

Wronskian

Summary

The Wronskian of nn functions is the determinant of the matrix of the functions and their derivatives up to order n−1n - 1. It is a test for the linear independence of solutions of a linear differential equation. See the definition.

Remarks

It is named after Józef Hoene-Wroński.

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  • edge instance_of in: at least two examples (0 of 2)
  • edge not_instance_of in: at least one non-example (0 of 1)
  • edge specializes both: the more general notions and the special cases (0 of 1)

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Sources

  1. Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wronskian, lead section

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