An introduction to differential equations and how to solve them.
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When you have a differential equation in the form
you can bring all the ​y​'s to one side and all the ​x​'s to the other:
The solutions to differential equations will usually contain a constant of integration ​+C. These are called general solutions.
Often, we are given an initial condition, ie the value of ​y​ for a specific ​x, which we can use to solve for ​C. The result is the particular solution.