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On the Complete Integrability and Linearization of Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations. V. Linearization of Coupled Second-Order Equations

Linearization of coupled second-order nonlinear ordinary differential equations (SNODEs) is one of the open and challenging problems in the theory of differential equations. In this paper, we describe ...
Ars Technica

calculus help-update, 2nd order diff eq

We are doing polar coordinates and parametric equations right now, I have a problem saying;<BR>Find the slope of the tangent line to the polar curve for the given value of &Theta<BR>r=2sin &Theta , ...
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On the Synthesis of a Class of Second Order Nonlinear Differential Equations

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 17, No. 3 (May, 1969), pp. 511-515 (5 pages) In this paper, a method of synthesizing the governing differential equations of nonlinear second order systems, ...
UMass Lowell

Structural Dynamics & Acoustic Systems Laboratory

A second-order system is one which can be described by a second-order differential equation. The files listed below are a combination of PDF tutorial documents, MATLAB Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) ...