integrating factor

integrating factor

 
noun Mathematics.
a factor that upon multiplying a differential equation with the right-hand side equal to zero makes the equation integrable, usually by making the resulting expression an exact differential of some function.
Origin:
1855–60
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Integrating factor is always a great word to know.
So is power. Does it mean:
the product obtained by multiplying a quantity by itself one or more times, the exponent of an expression
one of several highly systematic methods of treating problems by a special system of algebraic notations, such as differential or integral calculus
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