Classifications of PDE and boundary conditions

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Classification of PDEs

A partial differential equation (PDE) is an equation of a function and its partial derivatives. In general, a PDE is classified by its linearity or nonlinearity, and by its order. Its order is considered by its highest derivative. A general second order PDE for two independent variables, $η$ and $ζ$ , is

$A\frac{{{\partial ^2}\Phi }}{{\partial {\eta ^2}}} + 2B\frac{{{\partial ^2}\Phi }}{{\partial \eta \partial \zeta }} + C\frac{{{\partial ^2}\Phi }}{{\partial {\zeta ^2}}} + D\frac{{\partial \Phi }}{{\partial \eta }} + E\frac{{\partial \Phi }}{{\partial \zeta }} + F\Phi + G = 0$

This equation is linear if all the coefficients (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) are a function of $η$ and $ζ$ , a constant, or zero. If they are a function of $Φ$ or any of its derivatives, then the PDE is nonlinear. A partial differential equation is called quasi-linear if it is linear in the highest derivatives. In eq. (2), this means that A, B and C are a function of $η$ and $ζ$ , a constant, or zero. If a differential equation is quasilinear, it can be classified as an elliptic ( $A C - B 2 > 0$ ), parabolic ( $A C - B 2 = 0$ ) or hyperbolic ( $A C - B 2 < 0$ ) equation.

See Main Article Classification of PDEs

Classification of Boundary Conditions

See Main Article Classification of boundary conditions

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