Solving Second-order Linear ODE's with Constant Coefficients: The Three Cases

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Lesson Description:

Solving Second-order Linear ODE's with Constant Coefficients: The Three Cases -- Lecture 9. Learn about second-order differential equations.

Arthur Mattuck, 18.03 Differential Equations, Spring 2006. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed November 26, 2008). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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What is a second-order linear ODE?
What is a real-world example of a second-order differential equation?
How do you solve a second-order ODE?

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This lecture focuses on the study of linear second-order differential equations with constant coefficients. A physics problem with a spring, a mass, and forces is discussed and a second-order ODE is written. Also, second-order ODEs are solved in this lecture. A really useful lecture to watch in order to learn second-order differential equations.

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