What is degree of a differential equation?

In mathematics, the degree of a differential equation is the power of its highest derivative, after the equation has been made rational and integral in all of its derivatives.1234

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  1. Order and Degree General Terms of Ordinary Differential Equations. Fundamentals website; accessed 26 Dec 2015.

  2. Differential Equations:Degree and Order (www3.ul.ie/cemtl/pdf files/bm2/DegreeOrder.pdf), Mathematics Learning Centre Limerick.

  3. Differential equations. Definitions. Order, degree. General, particular and singular solutions. Solitaryroad.com, accessed Dec 2015.

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