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A second-order differential equation is an equation of the form
For example, the equation
is a second-order differential equation. A function y = y(t) is a solution of (1) if y(t) satisfies the differential equation; that is
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Braun, M. (1978). Second-order linear differential equations. In: Differential Equations and Their Applications. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0053-3_2
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