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  2. Characteristic equation (calculus) - Wikipedia

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    If the characteristic equation has a root r 1 that is repeated k times, then it is clear that y p (x) = c 1 e r 1 x is at least one solution. [1] However, this solution lacks linearly independent solutions from the other k − 1 roots. Since r 1 has multiplicity k, the differential equation can be factored into [1]

  3. Linear recurrence with constant coefficients - Wikipedia

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    which is the characteristic equation of the recurrence relation. Solve for to obtain the two roots , : these roots are known as the characteristic roots or eigenvalues of the characteristic equation. Different solutions are obtained depending on the nature of the roots: If these roots are distinct, we have the general solution

  4. Lucas sequence - Wikipedia

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    The characteristic equation of the recurrence relation for Lucas sequences (,) and (,) is: + = It has the discriminant = and the roots: = + =. Thus: + =, = =, =. Note that the sequence and the sequence also satisfy the recurrence relation.

  5. Lill's method - Wikipedia

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    Finding roots −2, −1 (repeated root), and −1/3 of the quartic 3x 4 +13x 3 +19x 2 +11x+2 using Lill's method. Black segments are labeled with their lengths (coefficients in the equation), while each colored line with initial slope m and the same endpoint corresponds to a real root.

  6. Method of characteristics - Wikipedia

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    Typically, it applies to first-order equations, though in general characteristic curves can also be found for hyperbolic and parabolic partial differential equation. The method is to reduce a partial differential equation (PDE) to a family of ordinary differential equations (ODE) along which the solution can be integrated from some initial data ...

  7. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors - Wikipedia

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    The corresponding eigenvalue, characteristic value, or characteristic root is the multiplying factor (possibly negative). Geometrically, vectors are multi-dimensional quantities with magnitude and direction, often pictured as arrows. A linear transformation rotates, stretches, or shears the vectors upon which it acts. Its eigenvectors are those ...

  8. Polynomial root-finding algorithms - Wikipedia

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    For finding one root, Newton's method and other general iterative methods work generally well. For finding all the roots, arguably the most reliable method is the Francis QR algorithm computing the eigenvalues of the companion matrix corresponding to the polynomial, implemented as the standard method [1] in MATLAB.

  9. Unit root - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory and statistics, a unit root is a feature of some stochastic processes (such as random walks) that can cause problems in statistical inference involving time series models. A linear stochastic process has a unit root if 1 is a root of the process's characteristic equation.