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Special functions
Functions such as Bessel and Legendre functions solve recurring differential equations in geometry and physics.
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Calculus of variations
Variational calculus studies extrema of functionals depending on functions.
Sturm–Liouville problems
Self-adjoint second-order boundary problems yield eigenvalues and orthogonal eigenfunctions under suitable conditions.
Dimensional similarity
Dimensionless groups compare physical systems while respecting the dimensions of quantities.
Distributions as generalized functions
A distribution acts linearly and continuously on test functions, allowing generalized derivatives.
Euler–Lagrange equations
Stationarity of a smooth variational problem gives differential conditions with appropriate boundary constraints.
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