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A Geometrical Approach to the Second-Order Linear Differential Equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

C. M. Petty  and
J. E. Barry
C. M. Petty
Affiliation:
Lockheed Missiles and Space Division, Palo Alto
J. E. Barry
Affiliation:
Hughes Aircraft Co., Culver City
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In this paper various concepts intrinsically defined by the differential equation

1.1

are interpreted geometrically by concepts analogous to those in the Minkowski plane. This is carried out in § 2. The point of such a development is that one may apply the techniques or transfer known results in the theory of curves (in particular, convex curves) to (1.1), thereby gaining an additional tool in the investigation of this equation. For an application of a result obtained in this way, namely (3.12), see (4).

Throughout this paper, R(t) is a real-valued, continuous function of t on the real line (— ∞ < t < + ∞) and only the real solutions of (1.1) are considered.

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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 14 , 1962 , pp. 349 - 358
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1962

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