Determine order and degree(if defined)of differential equation \(\frac{d^4y}{dx^4}\)+sin(y''')=0
\(\frac{d^4y}{dx^4}\)+sin(y''')=0
⇒y''' '+sin(y''')=0
The highest order derivative present in the differential equations is y''' '.Therefore, its order is four.
The given differential equation is not a polynomial equation in its derivatives. Hence, its degree is not defined.
Determine whether each of the following relations are reflexive, symmetric, and transitive.
Show that the relation R in the set R of real numbers, defined as
R = {(a, b): a ≤ b2 } is neither reflexive nor symmetric nor transitive.
Check whether the relation R defined in the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} as
R = {(a, b): b = a + 1} is reflexive, symmetric or transitive.
The equation that helps us to identify the type and complexity of the differential equation is the order and degree of a differential equation.
The highest order of the derivative that appears in the differential equation is the order of a differential equation.

The highest power of the highest order derivative that appears in a differential equation is the degree of a differential equation. Its degree is always a positive integer.
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