partial differential equation

noun

, Mathematics.

1. a differential equation containing partial derivatives.

Word History and Origins

Origin of partial differential equation¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

By incorporating functional analysis and partial differential equation theory from mathematical analysis, this study extends previous investigations on two-dimensional fluid flows to encompass three-dimensional fluid dynamics with axial symmetry conditions.

From Science Daily

“When I got my first text on partial differential equations, I learned what love is.”

From Scientific American

Many of Caffarelli’s most celebrated results have to do with the regularity — or lack thereof — of the solutions of so-called partial differential equations.

From Scientific American

“What you’re trying to figure out is things about the shape of this free boundary,” said Carlos Kenig, a mathematician at the University of Chicago who is also an expert on partial differential equations.

From New York Times

He took four classes toward a bachelor’s degree: partial differential equations, applied numerical methods, mathematics in nature, and number theory and discrete mathematics.

From Washington Post