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Re:Introduction to Differential Equations (2008) by hackandtrip on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @07:36AM (#18183843)
One of my professor used to say that you can do derivatives of every functions, it's mechanical, but you will only be able to find exact solution of an infinitesimal fraction of diffeq, and thinking about that, the same apply with integrals.
Re:Introduction to Differential Equations (2008) by amelius on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @08:15AM (#18184090)
Yes the same applies to integrals. But when you go from 1d to 2d or 3d problems, the analytical approach quickly becomes too difficult.