To find the order and degree:
- The order is the highest derivative present in the equation. Here, the highest derivative is $\frac{d^2 y}{dx^2}$, so the order is 2.
- The degree is the power of the highest order derivative after removing all fractional powers and roots. The term $\left( \frac{d^2 y}{dx^2} \right)^2$ appears inside a square again, making it of power 2 × 2 = 4 originally.
But we observe it appears as $\left[ \left( \frac{d^2 y}{dx^2} \right)^2 - 1 \right]^2$.
So the degree with respect to the highest derivative (i.e., $d^2y/dx^2$) is 2.
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.