But, a differetial equation is not an equation, right? It’s a definition. Its solution is an equation. Do I understand this correctly?
But this describes an equality. I imagine an equation to be a proportionality written with standard units. Aren't they different? I mean an equality, an identity, a definition and an equation are different, even though most of the time they are indicated with the equality sign.
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Solving a differential equations typically means taking one of the sides and going down one order.
For example making a new equation 'temperature' = X from 'derivative of temperature' = X