integral equation

noun

, Mathematics.

1. an equation in which an integral involving a dependent variable appears.

Word History and Origins

Origin of integral equation¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

A linear equation is a rational integral equation of the first degree in the dependent variable or variables and their derivatives.

From Project Gutenberg

The fundamental result in this subject is that every rational integral equation has a root, a theorem which it is by no means easy to prove.

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This integral equation merely expresses the additive character of the energies and entropies of adjacent portions of the system at uniform temperature, and thus depends only on the absence of sensible physical action directly across finite distances.

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