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  2. Exponential decay - Wikipedia

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    Symbolically, this process can be expressed by the following differential equation, where N is the quantity and λ is a positive rate called the exponential decay constant, disintegration constant, [1] rate constant, [2] or transformation constant: [3]

  3. Bateman equation - Wikipedia

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    The Bateman equation is a classical master equation where the transition rates are only allowed from one species (i) to the next (i+1) but never in the reverse sense (i+1 to i is forbidden). Bateman found a general explicit formula for the amounts by taking the Laplace transform of the variables. (it can also be expanded with source terms, if ...

  4. Particle decay - Wikipedia

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    Particle decay. In particle physics, particle decay is the spontaneous process of one unstable subatomic particle transforming into multiple other particles. The particles created in this process (the final state) must each be less massive than the original, although the total mass of the system must be conserved.

  5. Differential calculus - Wikipedia

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    The graph of a function, drawn in black, and a tangent line to that function, drawn in red. The slope of the tangent line equals the derivative of the function at the marked point. In mathematics, differential calculus is a subfield of calculus that studies the rates at which quantities change. [1] It is one of the two traditional divisions of ...

  6. Ice-sheet model - Wikipedia

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    Ice-sheet model. In climate modelling, Ice-sheet models use numerical methods to simulate the evolution, dynamics and thermodynamics of ice sheets, such as the Greenland ice sheet, the Antarctic ice sheet or the large ice sheets on the northern hemisphere during the last glacial period. They are used for a variety of purposes, from studies of ...

  7. Streeter–Phelps equation - Wikipedia

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    The Streeter–Phelps equation determines the relation between the dissolved oxygen concentration and the biological oxygen demand over time and is a solution to the linear first order differential equation [1] This differential equation states that the total change in oxygen deficit (D) is equal to the difference between the two rates of ...

  8. Ordinary differential equation - Wikipedia

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    e. In mathematics, an ordinary differential equation (ODE) is a differential equation (DE) dependent on only a single independent variable. As with other DE, its unknown (s) consists of one (or more) function (s) and involves the derivatives of those functions. [1] The term "ordinary" is used in contrast with partial differential equations ...

  9. Time constant - Wikipedia

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    First order LTI systems are characterized by the differential equation + = where τ represents the exponential decay constant and V is a function of time t = (). The right-hand side is the forcing function f(t) describing an external driving function of time, which can be regarded as the system input, to which V(t) is the response, or system output.