Partial Differential Equations
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A partial differential equation represents the change of some quantity with respect to time and space. These are often massively complex and require iterative approaches to solve (such as Computational Fluid Dynamics, Newton-Raphson Method).
Boundary Conditions
Periodic Boundary Conditions
These boundary conditions constitute a small unit from an infinite system. Consider a system with governing dynamics as a sinusoidal. The time boundary condition can be \(t\in[0, 2\pi]\) to represent the entire time domain of the system.