"Cauchy problem" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Cauchy problems [plural]
Etymology: After French mathematician Augustin Louis Cauchy. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Cauchy problem (plural Cauchy problems)
  1. (mathematics, mathematical analysis) For a given m-order partial differential equation, the problem of finding a solution function u on ℝⁿ that satisfies the boundary conditions that, for a smooth manifold S⊂ℝⁿ, u(x)=f_0(x) and (∂ᵏu(x))/(∂nᵏ)=f_k(x), ∀x∈S, k=1…m-1, given specified functions f_k defined on, and vector n normal to, the manifold. Wikipedia link: Augustin Louis Cauchy, Cauchy problem Categories (topical): Geometry, Mathematical analysis, Mathematics, Topology Translations (class of problem involving simultaneous PDEs): problema di Cauchy [masculine] (Italian)

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