Concept information
Preferred term
method of characteristics
Definition(s)
- In mathematics, the method of characteristics is a technique for solving partial differential equations. Typically, it applies to first-order equations, although more generally the method of characteristics is valid for any hyperbolic partial differential equation. The method is to reduce a partial differential equation to a family of ordinary differential equations along which the solution can be integrated from some initial data given on a suitable hypersurface. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_characteristics)
Broader concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- characteristics method
In other languages
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French
URI
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