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February 2007 A Note on Lagrange's Method of Variation of Parameters
Gopala Krishna Srinivasan
Missouri J. Math. Sci. 19(1): 11-14 (February 2007). DOI: 10.35834/mjms/1316092232

Abstract

In this note we provide a geometrical interpretation for the basic assumptions made in the method of variation of parameters applied to second order ordinary differential equations. We also discuss a physical motivation drawn from celestial mechanics.

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Gopala Krishna Srinivasan. "A Note on Lagrange's Method of Variation of Parameters." Missouri J. Math. Sci. 19 (1) 11 - 14, February 2007. https://doi.org/10.35834/mjms/1316092232

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Published: February 2007
First available in Project Euclid: 15 September 2011

zbMATH: 1138.34302
Digital Object Identifier: 10.35834/mjms/1316092232

Subjects:
Primary: 34A30
Secondary: 34A34

Rights: Copyright © 2007 Central Missouri State University, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

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