Liouville's formula

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An equation, a generalization of Abel's identity, that expresses the determinant of a square-matrix solution of a first-order system of homogeneous linear differential equations in terms of the sum of the diagonal coefficients of the system.

Word forms

Liouville's formula

Etymology

Named after the French mathematician Joseph Liouville.

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