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differential equation is second-order, there must be two linearly independent solutions: one of the first kind and one of the second kind. Depending upon the

canonical forms, also known as the elliptic integrals of the first, second and third kind. Besides the Legendre form given below, the elliptic integrals may

In mathematics, differential of the first kind is a traditional term used in the theories of Riemann surfaces (more generally, complex manifolds) and algebraic

\theta )=\cos(n\theta ).} Similarly, the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind U n {\displaystyle U_{n}} are defined by U n ( cos ⁡ θ ) sin ⁡ θ = sin

an external energy source. This kind of machine is impossible, since its existence would violate the first and/or second laws of thermodynamics. These laws

associated Legendre functions Pμ λ, Qμ λ, and Legendre functions of the second kind, Qn, are all solutions of Legendre's differential equation. The Legendre

ISBN 978-1933665290. "What're close encounters of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth kind?" S.P.S. Jain. The Times of India. 22 March 2003. Retrieved

mathematics, particularly in combinatorics, a Stirling number of the second kind (or Stirling partition number) is the number of ways to partition a set

discrete countable spectra). An inhomogeneous Fredholm equation of the second kind is given as φ ( t ) = f ( t ) + λ ∫ a b K ( t , s ) φ ( s ) d s . {\displaystyle

into the more easily discussed first kind, that will give the same value when immediately repeated, and the second kind that give different values when repeated