Abel's identity is an equation, named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel, that expresses the Wronskian of two solutions of a homogeneous second-order linear ordinary differential equation in terms of a coefficient taken from the equation itself. The relation generalizes to linear ordinary differential equations of any order.
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StatementIn mathematics, Abel's identity (also called Abel's formula or Abel's differential equation identity) is an equation that expresses the Wronskian of two solutions of a homogeneous second-order linear ordinary differential equation in terms of a coefficient of the original differential equation. 1 Classification
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1. Abel's identity - Wikipedia
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In mathematics, Abel's identity (also called Abel's formula or Abel's differential equation identity) is an equation that expresses the Wronskian of two solutions of a homogeneous second-order linear ordinary differential equation in terms of a coefficient of the original differential equation.
2. Wikidata: Abel's Identity
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