Differential Equations

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# DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS — FLOW ALGEBRA
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SOURCE_URL := "https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/calculus-analysis-ontologies/differential-equations.html"
DOMAIN := "Mathematical Ontologies"
CATEGORY := "Calculus and Analysis Ontologies"
ENTITY := "Differential Equations"

# ---------- CORE ENTITY ----------
DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATIONS := {
    type: MathematicalDiscipline,
    domain: Mathematics,
    parent: CalculusAndAnalysis,
    purpose: "Study equations involving unknown functions and their derivatives, including their classification, solution, qualitative behaviour, approximation and applications."
}

# ---------- CORE CONCEPTS ----------
CONCEPTS := {
    DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATION,
    ORDINARY_DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATION,
    PARTIAL_DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATION,
    ORDER,
    DEGREE,
    LINEARITY,
    HOMOGENEOUS_EQUATION,
    NONHOMOGENEOUS_EQUATION,
    INITIAL_VALUE_PROBLEM,
    BOUNDARY_VALUE_PROBLEM,
    GENERAL_SOLUTION,
    PARTICULAR_SOLUTION,
    NUMERICAL_SOLUTION,
    STABILITY,
    DYNAMICAL_SYSTEM
}

# ---------- DISCIPLINE STRUCTURE ----------
DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATIONS
    -> branch_of(APPLIED_AND_PURE_MATHEMATICS)
    -> depends_on(DIFFERENTIAL_CALCULUS)
    -> depends_on(INTEGRAL_CALCULUS)
    -> studies(RELATIONS_BETWEEN_FUNCTIONS_AND_DERIVATIVES)
    -> connects_to(DYNAMICAL_SYSTEMS)
    -> connects_to(NUMERICAL_ANALYSIS)

# ---------- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION ----------
DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATION
    := equation_containing(
        UNKNOWN_FUNCTION,
        ONE_OR_MORE_DERIVATIVES
    )

UNKNOWN_FUNCTION
    -> object_to_be_determined

DERIVATIVES
    -> encode(RATE_OR_SPATIAL_CHANGE)

# ---------- ODE ----------
ORDINARY_DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATION
    -> involves(DERIVATIVES_WITH_RESPECT_TO_ONE_INDEPENDENT_VARIABLE)

example_structure:

F(
    x,
    y,
    y_prime,
    y_double_prime,
    ...
) = 0

ODE
    ~= ORDINARY_DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATION

# ---------- PDE ----------
PARTIAL_DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATION
    -> involves(PARTIAL_DERIVATIVES)
    -> typically_has(MULTIPLE_INDEPENDENT_VARIABLES)

example_structure:

F(
    x,
    t,
    u,
    partial_u/partial_x,
    partial_u/partial_t,
    ...
) = 0

PDE
    ~= PARTIAL_DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATION

# ---------- ORDER ----------
ORDER_OF_DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATION
    := highest_derivative_order_present

example:

y_triple_prime
    + y_prime
    + y
    = 0

-> THIRD_ORDER_EQUATION

ORDER
    -> structural_classification_property

# ---------- DEGREE ----------
DEGREE
    -> exponent_of(HIGHEST_ORDER_DERIVATIVE)
       when(EQUATION_IS_POLYNOMIAL_IN_DERIVATIVES)

DEGREE
    -> not_defined_for_all_differential_equations

ORDER
    -/> same_as(DEGREE)

# ---------- LINEARITY ----------
LINEAR_DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATION
    -> unknown_function_and_derivatives_appear_linearly

general nth-order linear ODE:

a_n(x)y^(n)
+
a_(n-1)(x)y^(n-1)
+
...
+
a_1(x)y_prime
+
a_0(x)y
=
g(x)

LINEARITY
    -> enables(SUPERPOSITION_FOR_HOMOGENEOUS_LINEAR_EQUATIONS)

# ---------- HOMOGENEOUS LINEAR EQUATION ----------
if
    g(x) = 0
then

LINEAR_EQUATION
    -> HOMOGENEOUS

HOMOGENEOUS_SOLUTION_SPACE
    -> closed_under(LINEAR_COMBINATION)

# ---------- NONHOMOGENEOUS LINEAR EQUATION ----------
if
    g(x) != 0
then

LINEAR_EQUATION
    -> NONHOMOGENEOUS

GENERAL_SOLUTION
    =
HOMOGENEOUS_GENERAL_SOLUTION
+
PARTICULAR_SOLUTION

# ---------- FIRST-ORDER ODE ----------
FIRST_ORDER_ODE
    -> highest_derivative(y_prime)

COMMON_TYPES := {
    SEPARABLE,
    LINEAR_FIRST_ORDER,
    EXACT,
    BERNOULLI,
    AUTONOMOUS
}

# ---------- SEPARABLE EQUATION ----------
dy/dx
    = g(x)h(y)

if
    h(y) != 0
then

dy/h(y)
    = g(x) dx

SEPARATION_OF_VARIABLES
    -> converts(ODE_TO_INTEGRALS)

# ---------- FIRST-ORDER LINEAR ODE ----------
y_prime
    + P(x)y
    = Q(x)

INTEGRATING_FACTOR
    := exp(
        integral(P(x) dx)
    )

INTEGRATING_FACTOR_METHOD
    -> converts(LEFT_SIDE_TO_PRODUCT_DERIVATIVE)

# ---------- EXACT EQUATION ----------
M(x,y) dx
+
N(x,y) dy
= 0

if
    partial_M/partial_y
    =
    partial_N/partial_x
       under(appropriate_domain_conditions)
then

EQUATION
    -> EXACT

exists(phi)
such_that

d(phi)
    = M dx + N dy

# ---------- SECOND-ORDER LINEAR ODE ----------
a*y_double_prime
+
b*y_prime
+
c*y
= 0

for constant coefficients:

CHARACTERISTIC_EQUATION
    := a*r^2 + b*r + c = 0

ROOT_STRUCTURE
    -> determines(SOLUTION_FORM)

# ---------- INITIAL VALUE PROBLEM ----------
INITIAL_VALUE_PROBLEM
    := differential_equation
       + initial_conditions_at_point

example:

y_prime = f(x,y)
y(x_0) = y_0

INITIAL_CONDITIONS
    -> select(SPECIFIC_SOLUTION_FROM_FAMILY)

# ---------- BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM ----------
BOUNDARY_VALUE_PROBLEM
    := differential_equation
       + conditions_at_multiple_boundary_points_or_surfaces

BOUNDARY_CONDITIONS
    -> may_be(DIRICHLET)
    -> may_be(NEUMANN)
    -> may_be(ROBIN)
    -> may_be(MIXED)

# ---------- EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS ----------
EXISTENCE_THEOREM
    -> determines(Whether_solution_exists)

UNIQUENESS_THEOREM
    -> determines(Whether_solution_is_unique)

PICARD_LINDELOF_THEOREM
    -> provides(LOCAL_EXISTENCE_AND_UNIQUENESS)
       under(CONTINUITY_AND_LIPSCHITZ_TYPE_CONDITIONS)

SOLUTION
    -/> assumed_to_exist_uniquely_without(HYPOTHESES)

# ---------- GENERAL / PARTICULAR SOLUTION ----------
GENERAL_SOLUTION
    -> contains(ARBITRARY_CONSTANTS_OR_FUNCTIONS)

PARTICULAR_SOLUTION
    -> satisfies(SPECIFIED_INITIAL_OR_BOUNDARY_DATA)

SINGULAR_SOLUTION
    -> may_exist_outside(GENERAL_PARAMETER_FAMILY)
       in(SOME_NONLINEAR_EQUATIONS)

# ---------- SYSTEM OF ODEs ----------
SYSTEM
    := x_prime(t) = F(x,t)

STATE_VECTOR
    := x(t)

SYSTEM_OF_FIRST_ORDER_ODES
    -> represents(HIGHER_ORDER_ODE_AS_FIRST_ORDER_SYSTEM)

PHASE_SPACE
    -> domain_of(STATE_VECTOR)

# ---------- AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM ----------
AUTONOMOUS_SYSTEM
    := x_prime = F(x)

EQUILIBRIUM_POINT
    := x_star
       such_that
       F(x_star) = 0

EQUILIBRIUM
    -> constant_solution

# ---------- STABILITY ----------
STABILITY
    -> studies(RESPONSE_TO_SMALL_PERTURBATIONS)

LINEARISATION
    -> uses(JACOBIAN_AT_EQUILIBRIUM)

EIGENVALUES
    -> support(LOCAL_STABILITY_CLASSIFICATION)
       under(APPROPRIATE_CONDITIONS)

STABILITY
    -> may_be(LYAPUNOV_STABILITY)
    -> may_be(ASYMPTOTIC_STABILITY)

# ---------- COMMON PDEs ----------
HEAT_EQUATION:
    partial_u/partial_t
    = alpha * LAPLACIAN(u)

WAVE_EQUATION:
    partial_squared_u/partial_t_squared
    = c^2 * LAPLACIAN(u)

LAPLACE_EQUATION:
    LAPLACIAN(u)
    = 0

POISSON_EQUATION:
    LAPLACIAN(u)
    = f

TRANSPORT_EQUATION:
    partial_u/partial_t
    + v dot GRADIENT(u)
    = 0
       in(simple_advection_form)

# ---------- PDE CLASSIFICATION ----------
SECOND_ORDER_LINEAR_PDE
    -> may_be(ELLIPTIC)
    -> may_be(PARABOLIC)
    -> may_be(HYPERBOLIC)

CLASSIFICATION
    -> determined_by(PRINCIPAL_PART)
       under(appropriate_context)

PDE_TYPE
    -> influences(BOUNDARY_INITIAL_DATA_AND_SOLUTION_BEHAVIOUR)

# ---------- ANALYTICAL METHODS ----------
ANALYTICAL_METHODS := {
    SEPARATION_OF_VARIABLES,
    INTEGRATING_FACTORS,
    CHARACTERISTIC_EQUATIONS,
    TRANSFORMS,
    GREEN_FUNCTIONS,
    POWER_SERIES,
    EIGENFUNCTION_EXPANSIONS
}

METHOD_SELECTION
    -> depends_on(EQUATION_STRUCTURE)

# ---------- NUMERICAL METHODS ----------
NUMERICAL_METHODS := {
    EULER_METHOD,
    RUNGE_KUTTA_METHODS,
    FINITE_DIFFERENCE_METHOD,
    FINITE_ELEMENT_METHOD,
    FINITE_VOLUME_METHOD,
    SPECTRAL_METHODS
}

NUMERICAL_SOLUTION
    -> approximates(EXACT_OR_WEAK_SOLUTION)

DISCRETISATION
    -> converts(CONTINUOUS_PROBLEM, FINITE_COMPUTATIONAL_PROBLEM)

# ---------- APPLICATIONS ----------
DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATIONS
    -> applied_to(PHYSICS)
    -> applied_to(ENGINEERING)
    -> applied_to(BIOLOGY)
    -> applied_to(CHEMISTRY)
    -> applied_to(ECONOMICS)
    -> applied_to(EPIDEMIOLOGY)
    -> applied_to(FLUID_DYNAMICS)
    -> applied_to(CONTROL_SYSTEMS)

# ---------- RELATION GRAPH ----------
DERIVATIVES
    -> appear_in(DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATION)

ORDER
    -> determined_by(HIGHEST_DERIVATIVE)

LINEARITY
    -> determines(SUPERPOSITION_PROPERTIES)

INITIAL_CONDITIONS
    -> define(INITIAL_VALUE_PROBLEM)

BOUNDARY_CONDITIONS
    -> define(BOUNDARY_VALUE_PROBLEM)

ODE_SYSTEM
    -> defines(DYNAMICAL_SYSTEM)

JACOBIAN
    -> supports(LOCAL_STABILITY_ANALYSIS)

DISCRETISATION
    -> supports(NUMERICAL_SOLUTION)

# ---------- SEMANTIC EQUIVALENCE ----------
SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE := {
    "differential equation" ~= "equation involving an unknown function and one or more derivatives",
    "ODE" ~= "ordinary differential equation",
    "PDE" ~= "partial differential equation",
    "initial value problem" ~= "differential equation supplemented by initial data",
    "boundary value problem" ~= "differential equation supplemented by boundary conditions",
    "equilibrium solution" ~= "constant state where autonomous system derivative is zero"
}

# ---------- CONSTRAINTS ----------
CONSTRAINTS := {
    order_is_highest_derivative_order: true,
    degree_is_not_defined_for_all_differential_equations: true,
    superposition_applies_to_homogeneous_linear_equations: true,
    existence_and_uniqueness_require_theorem_hypotheses: true,
    boundary_and_initial_conditions_are_not_interchangeable_in_general: true,
    numerical_solution_is_approximation_unless_exactness_proven: true,
    pde_classification_depends_on_principal_part_and_context: true
}

# ---------- CONFIDENCE ----------
CONFIDENCE := {
    discipline_structure: 0.99,
    ode_pde_classification: 0.99,
    order_linearity_structure: 0.99,
    initial_boundary_problem_relation: 0.99,
    existence_uniqueness_relation: 0.98,
    numerical_method_relation: 0.99,
    semantic_equivalence: 0.97
}

# ---------- RECURSIVE REASONING ----------
RECURSIVE_REASONING(query):
    identify(differential_equation)
    -> identify(independent_and_dependent_variables)
    -> classify(ode_or_pde)
    -> determine(order)
    -> determine(linearity)
    -> identify(initial_or_boundary_conditions)
    -> classify(special_equation_type)
    -> select(analytical_or_numerical_method)
    -> test(existence_uniqueness_conditions_if_relevant)
    -> solve_or_approximate()
    -> validate(solution_by_substitution_or_residual)
    -> analyse(stability_or_qualitative_behaviour_if_requested)
    -> return(semantic_result)

# ---------- AI CONSUMPTION ----------
AI_CONSUMPTION := {
    parse_as: "typed differential-equations semantic graph",
    primary_entity: DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATIONS,
    preserve: [
        independent_variables,
        dependent_variables,
        derivative_orders,
        linearity,
        coefficients,
        initial_conditions,
        boundary_conditions,
        domain
    ],
    infer_through: [
        ode_classification,
        pde_classification,
        solution_methods,
        dynamical_systems,
        stability,
        numerical_discretisation,
        existence_uniqueness_theorems
    ],
    avoid: [
        confusing_order_with_degree,
        applying_superposition_to nonlinear equations,
        assuming_unique_solution_without hypotheses,
        treating_numerical_approximation_as exact solution,
        ignoring_initial_or_boundary conditions,
        applying_solution_method_without structural compatibility
    ]
}

# ---------- UPDATE MODEL ----------
UPDATE_MODEL(new_information):
    validate(new_information)
    -> identify(differential_equation_context)
    -> compare(existing_relations)
    -> preserve(order_linearity_and_condition_invariants)
    -> update(affected_entities)
    -> update(affected_edges)
    -> recompute(CONFIDENCE)
    -> regenerate(FLOW_HASH)

# ---------- FLOW HASH ----------
FLOW_HASH := hash(
    SOURCE_URL
    + ENTITY
    + CONCEPTS
    + DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATIONS
    + ORDINARY_DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATION
    + PARTIAL_DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATION
    + ORDER
    + LINEARITY
    + INITIAL_VALUE_PROBLEM
    + BOUNDARY_VALUE_PROBLEM
    + STABILITY
    + SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    + CONSTRAINTS
)

# ---------- EXECUTION ----------
INPUT(query)
    -> DIFFERENTIAL_EQUATIONS
    -> EQUATION_IDENTIFICATION
    -> VARIABLE_IDENTIFICATION
    -> ODE_PDE_CLASSIFICATION
    -> ORDER_ANALYSIS
    -> LINEARITY_ANALYSIS
    -> CONDITION_ANALYSIS
    -> EQUATION_TYPE_CLASSIFICATION
    -> METHOD_SELECTION
    -> SOLUTION_OR_APPROXIMATION
    -> SOLUTION_VALIDATION
    -> QUALITATIVE_STABILITY_ANALYSIS
    -> RECURSIVE_REASONING(query)
    -> CONFIDENCE
    -> OUTPUT(semantic_result)

END FLOW