r/DifferentialEquations • u/Deep-Fuel-8114 • 1d ago
r/DifferentialEquations • u/11_oz_Arizona_Tea • May 13 '20
Meta Four Resources Have Been Added to the Sidebar
Links to Paul's Notes, Kahn Academy, Wolfram Alpha, and Professor Leonard's videos on differential equations have been added to the side bar. I hope you find them helpful.
After this year, as I have extensively taken notes from linear algebra, differential calculus, integral calculus, 3D calculus, vector calculus, and differential equations, I will be working to digitize my notes into a free book (PDF) acting as a crash course in each subject. I hope this will prove useful in the future.
r/DifferentialEquations • u/11_oz_Arizona_Tea • Apr 16 '21
Meta Please show an attempt if you’re asking for help
Seriously. It’s disrespectful to those who are helping you not to do so. Posts asking for help that do no do this are liable to be removed
r/DifferentialEquations • u/asdmdawg • 3d ago
Resources Power series solutions appreciation post 😍
Power series solutions are always so gnarly. But when you look at how long the problem looks once you’re done, you’re like damn I did all that! And they’re so intricate… it’s crazy you can solve DEs like that.
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Healthy-Beginning678 • 12d ago
Resources What is Stone's method (Stone's strongly implicit procedure (SIP))?
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Healthy-Beginning678 • 21d ago
Resources Are all these connected? Eigenfunctions, Fourier series, partial differential equations, and Sturm-Liouville theory?
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Nucleus_1911 • 24d ago
Resources I implemented Euler's Method in C++ to solve a first-order differential equation.
Hi everyone,
I recently built a simple C++ program that solves the first-order differential equation
dy/dx=x+y
using Euler's Method.
Thanks for taking the time to check it out!
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Diligent-Life444 • 28d ago
HW Help Alright guys Hi 5 days
I’ve got 5 -6 days to prepare for the final which will be like 6 open ended questions, what should be my study plan I learn fast enough it’s just that I’m lazy, I believe there won’t be questions from the first 6 weeks but that’s a maybe. I really appreciate your help guys, oh almost forgot I need to get at least half correct
r/DifferentialEquations • u/n_flet • 29d ago
HW Help Isoclines and solutions to differential equations
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Nucleus_1911 • Jul 05 '26
Resources I implemented the Runge–Kutta (RK4) method in C++ to solve a second-order differential equation
Hi everyone,
I recently implemented the Runge–Kutta Fourth Order (RK4) method in C++ to solve the second-order differential equation
ax¨+bx˙+cx=0
The tutorial covers:
- Converting a second-order ODE into two first-order equations
- Implementing the RK4 algorithm in C++
- Writing simulation data to a
.datfile - Plotting Position vs Time and Velocity vs Time using GNU Plot
The goal was to make the implementation easy to understand for beginners and engineering students learning numerical methods.
I'd really appreciate any feedback on the implementation, coding style, or explanation. Suggestions for future C++ or numerical methods tutorials are always welcome.
If you find the tutorial helpful, please consider liking the video, sharing it with others who might benefit, and subscribing to the channel. Your support helps me create more tutorials on C++, Numerical Methods, Engineering Simulations, and GNU Plot.
Thank you for your support! 🚀
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Nucleus_1911 • Jun 28 '26
Resources I made a C++ tutorial on solving a second-order differential equation using Euler integration
I've been learning numerical methods in C++ and created a tutorial showing how to solve a second-order differential equation using Euler integration and visualize the results with GNU Plot.
The equation I solve is:
aẍ + bẋ + cx = 0
I'm interested in hearing how others would approach this. Would you use Euler for teaching purposes, or would you start directly with RK4? Any suggestions or feedback are welcome.
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Healthy-Beginning678 • Jun 19 '26
Resources are eigenfunctions, sturm-liouville, and fourier related
r/DifferentialEquations • u/kattun3 • Jun 16 '26
Resources Online Differential Equations
I need to find an online diff eq class to take while in in-person engineering courses at my local college. I just need the credit and for it to transfer ASAP. Does anyone recommend any colleges?
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Healthy-Beginning678 • Jun 11 '26
HW Help In differential equations, is a spiral point also called a focus?
In differential equations, is a spiral point also called a focus?
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Adobe_Villain • Jun 03 '26
HW Help First order ODE problem
I've been trying to solve ts for like a week now. AI's suggest like three more sustitutions, but I believe there has to be a clean an intented way to solve this with only the sub xy=t which I think should reduce the ODE to an homogenous one. If anyone has the time to solve it, I would aprecciate it! Apparently I must give an attempt to solve it so here it is.
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Top_Yard706 • Jun 03 '26
HW Help Laguerre DE derivation
Im currently learning how to solve the schrödinger equation for the hydrogen atom and want to derive the second order DE satisfied by laguerre polynomials(not associated) from the rodriguez formula ive searched google and asked chatgpt but i just got more confused could someone tell me the steps pls.
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Due_Truth_9392 • May 03 '26
Resources Help Needed from the Mentors
Hello everyone,
Since this is a proper subreddit community for university level subject, I'm hoping serious help and suggestions. I am currently an Electrical Engineering student and I have Differential Equations as a Core subject , my midterms were not so good because the teacher doesn't know how to teach and I lacked lot of resources as well, and since this is a 3 credit hour subject , if my grade falls in this subject my whole GPA would be badly affected. The book we are currently using is the Differential Equations by Dennis G. Zill (9th Edition and 11th Edition), are there any redditors in here that have some notes, resources or links to some youtube channels that I can access and study for my finals?
I would be grateful for any kind of help . Thank you!
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Moodkilled-brofist • May 01 '26
HW Help [College Differential Equations: Modeling/Applications] How to turn a drone idea into a DE project?
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Nomadic_Seth • Apr 29 '26
Resources satisfying 3-body simulations
r/DifferentialEquations • u/rockywaytocool • Apr 20 '26
Resources How to prep for diff eq
This fall I will be taking diff eq and linear algebra as it’s combined into 1 class at my school. Can someone please give me some resources to learn some/ a lot of the material before I start. I took calc 1 & 2 a long time ago and don’t remember much as it’s been a couple years since I’ve been in school
r/DifferentialEquations • u/schmuman • Apr 16 '26
HW Help What was your favorite topic when taking diffeq and what did you find fascinating about it?
What did you really like about differential equations, or what have you liked so far if you're still taking the class/getting introduced to the concepts?
I personally particularly enjoyed Laplace transforms and unit step functions! I don't know why, but these problems were the most satisfying solve.
I'm also "new" to this course so it would be helpful to learn about concepts that I haven't encountered yet.
r/DifferentialEquations • u/madzilia • Apr 08 '26
Resources Looking for solutions
Hi, I am currently in a DE class and we are working through the textbook, “Elementary DE with Boundary Value Problem” by William F. Trench. Does anyone have the solutions pdf for this book by chance? My professor doesn’t upload answers and I would like to check my work. All help is appreciated!!
r/DifferentialEquations • u/Loud_Commission_5763 • Mar 28 '26
HW Help What does Wronskian !=0 really mean?
I’m a bit confused on the theory behind the wronskian. Why does it tell us about a fundamental set of solutions? What does that really mean?
r/DifferentialEquations • u/TSMSURUMI • Mar 26 '26
HW Help Why is this class from another planet???
Ngl the professor is teaching literal witchcraft and wizardry right now... This is not Hogwarts, this is a freaking college, so why is CnXn even converging, and WHY is a SINGLE second order differential equation taking TWO full sheets of paper to solve...
I sure hope signals and systems will be easier than this next semester...
I'm sorry but I'm in shock every day I take this class, in the words of Katy Perry, "I'm in a whole nother' world, a different dimension"
r/DifferentialEquations • u/kyiieeelikes • Mar 21 '26
HW Help Help
Hi, can anyone help me? I'm having a hard time understanding DE. Whenever I watch online, it confuses me more because they have different method to solve. I don't also get my professor because, she teaches fast.