Because linear equations are so much easier to solve than nonlinear ones, much research across a range of disciplines is devoted to finding linear approximations of nonlinear phenomena.

Journal of Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 8, No. 4 (1959), pp. 519-574 (56 pages) It is shown that the solutions of certain classes of nonlinear ordinary and partial differential equations may be ...

New soliton solutions to the NLSE with parabolic nonlinearity are being explored, featuring conservation laws and pulse ...

Capture relationships between data sets by graphing linear equations in Microsoft Excel 2007. Linear equations allow you to predict values within your data set and view the overall trend.

Shinnosuke Oharu, Tadayasu Takahashi, Characterization of Nonlinear Semigroups Associated with Semilinear Evolution Equations, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Vol. 311, No. 2 (Feb., ...

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