annihilator method

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A procedure used to find a particular solution to certain types of inhomogeneous ordinary differential equations.

Word forms

annihilator method annihilator methods

Etymology

From its use of an annihilator (in this case a differential operator) to render the equation more tractable.

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