List of nonlinear ordinary differential equations
Differential equations are prominent in many scientific areas. Nonlinear ones are of particular interest for their commonality in describing real-world systems and how much more difficult they are to solve compared to linear differential equations. This list presents nonlinear ordinary differential equations that have been named, sorted by area of interest.
Mathematics
Name
Order
Equation
Application
Reference
Abel's differential equation of the first kind
1
d
y
d
x
=
f
o
(
x
)
+
f
1
(
x
)
y
+
f
2
(
x
)
y
2
+
f
3
(
x
)
y
3
{\displaystyle {\frac {dy}{dx}}=f_{o}(x)+f_{1}(x)y+f_{2}(x)y^{2}+f_{3}(x)y^{3}}
Class of differential equation which may be solved implicitly
[ 1]
Abel's differential equation of the second kind
1
(
g
o
(
x
)
+
g
1
(
x
)
y
)
d
y
d
x
=
f
o
(
x
)
+
f
1
(
x
)
y
+
f
2
(
x
)
y
2
+
f
3
(
x
)
y
3
{\displaystyle (g_{o}(x)+g_{1}(x)y){\frac {dy}{dx}}=f_{o}(x)+f_{1}(x)y+f_{2}(x)y^{2}+f_{3}(x)y^{3}}
Class of differential equation which may be solved implicitly
[ 1]
Bernoulli equation
1
d
y
d
x
+
P
(
x
)
y
=
Q
(
x
)
y
n
{\displaystyle {\frac {dy}{dx}}+P(x)y=Q(x)y^{n}}
Class of differential equation which may be solved exactly
[ 2]
Binomial differential equation
m
{\displaystyle m}
(
y
′
)
m
=
f
(
x
,
y
)
{\displaystyle \left(y'\right)^{m}=f(x,y)}
Class of differential equation which may sometimes be solved exactly
[ 3]
Briot-Bouquet Equation
1
x
m
y
′
=
f
(
x
,
y
)
{\displaystyle x^{m}y'=f(x,y)}
Class of differential equation which may sometimes be solved exactly
[ 4]
Cherwell-Wright differential equation
1
d
x
d
t
=
(
a
− − -->
x
(
t
− − -->
1
)
)
x
(
t
)
{\displaystyle {\frac {dx}{dt}}=(a-x(t-1))x(t)}
or the related form
f
′
(
x
)
=
− − -->
f
(
x
)
f
(
x
)
2
x
{\displaystyle f'(x)={\frac {-f(x)f({\sqrt {x}})}{2x}}}
An example of a nonlinear delay differential equation ; applications in number theory , distribution of primes , and control theory
[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Chrystal's equation
1
(
d
y
d
x
)
2
+
A
x
d
y
d
x
+
B
y
+
C
x
2
=
0
{\displaystyle \left({\frac {dy}{dx}}\right)^{2}+Ax{\frac {dy}{dx}}+By+Cx^{2}=0}
Generalization of Clairaut's equation with a singular solution
[ 8]
Clairaut's equation
1
y
=
x
d
y
d
x
+
f
(
d
y
d
x
)
{\displaystyle y=x{\frac {dy}{dx}}+f\left({\frac {dy}{dx}}\right)}
Particular case of d'Alembert's equation which may be solved exactly
[ 9]
d'Alembert's equation or Lagrange's equation
1
y
=
x
f
(
d
y
d
x
)
+
g
(
d
y
d
x
)
{\displaystyle y=xf\left({\frac {dy}{dx}}\right)+g\left({\frac {dy}{dx}}\right)}
May be solved exactly
[ 10]
Darboux equation
1
d
y
d
x
=
P
(
x
,
y
)
+
y
R
(
x
,
y
)
Q
(
x
,
y
)
+
x
R
(
x
,
y
)
{\displaystyle {\frac {dy}{dx}}={\frac {P(x,y)+yR(x,y)}{Q(x,y)+xR(x,y)}}}
Can be reduced to a Bernoulli differential equation ; a general case of the Jacobi equation
[ 11]
Elliptic function
1
y
′
=
(
1
− − -->
y
2
)
(
1
− − -->
k
2
y
2
)
{\displaystyle y'={\sqrt {\left(1-y^{2}\right)\left(1-k^{2}y^{2}\right)}}}
Equation for which the elliptic functions are solutions
[ 12]
Euler's differential equation
1
d
y
d
x
+
a
0
+
a
1
y
+
a
2
y
2
+
a
3
y
3
+
a
4
y
4
a
0
+
a
1
x
+
a
2
x
2
+
a
3
x
3
+
a
4
x
4
=
0
{\displaystyle {\frac {dy}{dx}}+{\frac {\sqrt {a_{0}+a_{1}y+a_{2}y^{2}+a_{3}y^{3}+a_{4}y^{4}}}{\sqrt {a_{0}+a_{1}x+a_{2}x^{2}+a_{3}x^{3}+a_{4}x^{4}}}}=0}
A separable differential equation
[ 13]
Euler's differential equation
1
y
′
+
y
′
2
=
α α -->
x
m
{\displaystyle y'+y'^{2}=\alpha x^{m}}
A differential equation which may be solved with Bessel functions
[ 13]
Jacobi equation
1
d
y
d
x
=
A
x
y
+
B
y
2
+
a
x
+
b
y
+
c
A
x
2
+
B
x
y
+
α α -->
x
+
β β -->
y
+
γ γ -->
{\displaystyle {\frac {dy}{dx}}={\frac {Axy+By^{2}+ax+by+c}{Ax^{2}+Bxy+\alpha x+\beta y+\gamma }}}
Special case of the Darboux equation, integrable in closed form
[ 14]
Loewner differential equation
1
d
w
d
t
=
− − -->
w
p
t
(
w
)
{\displaystyle {\frac {dw}{dt}}=-wp_{t}(w)}
Important in complex analysis and geometric function theory
[ 15]
Logistic differential equation (sometimes known as the Verhulst model)
2
d
d
x
f
(
x
)
=
f
(
x
)
(
1
− − -->
f
(
x
)
)
{\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dx}}f(x)=f(x){\big (}1-f(x){\big )}}
Special case of the Bernoulli differential equation ; many applications including in population dynamics
[ 16]
Lorenz attractor
1
d
x
d
t
=
σ σ -->
(
y
− − -->
x
)
d
y
d
t
=
x
(
ρ ρ -->
− − -->
z
)
− − -->
y
d
z
d
t
=
x
y
− − -->
β β -->
z
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\frac {\mathrm {d} x}{\mathrm {d} t}}&=\sigma (y-x)\\{\frac {\mathrm {d} y}{\mathrm {d} t}}&=x(\rho -z)-y\\{\frac {\mathrm {d} z}{\mathrm {d} t}}&=xy-\beta z\end{aligned}}}
Chaos theory , dynamical systems , meteorology
[ 17]
Nahm equations
1
d
T
1
d
z
=
[
T
2
,
T
3
]
d
T
2
d
z
=
[
T
3
,
T
1
]
d
T
3
d
z
=
[
T
1
,
T
2
]
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\frac {dT_{1}}{dz}}&=[T_{2},T_{3}]\\{\frac {dT_{2}}{dz}}&=[T_{3},T_{1}]\\{\frac {dT_{3}}{dz}}&=[T_{1},T_{2}]\end{aligned}}}
Differential geometry , gauge theory , mathematical physics , magnetic monopoles
[ 18]
Painlevé I transcendent
2
d
2
y
d
t
2
=
6
y
2
+
t
{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}y}{dt^{2}}}=6y^{2}+t}
One of fifty classes of differential equation of the form
y
″
=
R
(
y
′
,
y
,
t
)
{\displaystyle y''=R(y',y,t)}
; the six Painlevé transcendents required new special functions to solve
[ 19]
Painlevé II transcendent
2
d
2
y
d
t
2
=
2
y
3
+
t
y
+
α α -->
{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}y}{dt^{2}}}=2y^{3}+ty+\alpha }
One of fifty classes of differential equation of the form
y
″
=
R
(
y
′
,
y
,
t
)
{\displaystyle y''=R(y',y,t)}
; the six Painlevé transcendents required new special functions to solve
[ 19]
Painlevé III transcendent
2
t
y
d
2
y
d
t
2
=
t
(
d
y
d
t
)
2
− − -->
y
d
y
d
t
+
δ δ -->
t
+
β β -->
y
+
α α -->
y
3
+
γ γ -->
t
y
4
{\displaystyle ty{\frac {d^{2}y}{dt^{2}}}=t\left({\frac {dy}{dt}}\right)^{2}-y{\frac {dy}{dt}}+\delta t+\beta y+\alpha y^{3}+\gamma ty^{4}}
One of fifty classes of differential equation of the form
y
″
=
R
(
y
′
,
y
,
t
)
{\displaystyle y''=R(y',y,t)}
; the six Painlevé transcendents required new special functions to solve
[ 19]
Painlevé IV transcendent
2
y
d
2
y
d
t
2
=
1
2
(
d
y
d
t
)
2
+
β β -->
+
2
(
t
2
− − -->
α α -->
)
y
2
+
4
t
y
3
+
3
2
y
4
{\displaystyle y{\frac {d^{2}y}{dt^{2}}}={\tfrac {1}{2}}\left({\frac {dy}{dt}}\right)^{2}+\beta +2(t^{2}-\alpha )y^{2}+4ty^{3}+{\tfrac {3}{2}}y^{4}}
One of fifty classes of differential equation of the form
y
″
=
R
(
y
′
,
y
,
t
)
{\displaystyle y''=R(y',y,t)}
; the six Painlevé transcendents required new special functions to solve
[ 19]
Painlevé V transcendent
2
d
2
y
d
t
2
=
(
1
2
y
+
1
y
− − -->
1
)
(
d
y
d
t
)
2
− − -->
1
t
d
y
d
t
+
(
y
− − -->
1
)
2
t
2
(
α α -->
y
+
β β -->
y
)
+
γ γ -->
y
t
+
δ δ -->
y
(
y
+
1
)
y
− − -->
1
{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}y}{dt^{2}}}=\left({\frac {1}{2y}}+{\frac {1}{y-1}}\right)\left({\frac {dy}{dt}}\right)^{2}-{\frac {1}{t}}{\frac {dy}{dt}}+{\frac {(y-1)^{2}}{t^{2}}}\left(\alpha y+{\frac {\beta }{y}}\right)+\gamma {\frac {y}{t}}+\delta {\frac {y(y+1)}{y-1}}}
One of fifty classes of differential equation of the form
y
″
=
R
(
y
′
,
y
,
t
)
{\displaystyle y''=R(y',y,t)}
; the six Painlevé transcendents required new special functions to solve
[ 19]
Painlevé VI transcendent
2
d
2
y
d
t
2
=
1
2
(
1
y
+
1
y
− − -->
1
+
1
y
− − -->
t
)
(
d
y
d
t
)
2
− − -->
(
1
t
+
1
t
− − -->
1
+
1
y
− − -->
t
)
d
y
d
t
+
y
(
y
− − -->
1
)
(
y
− − -->
t
)
t
2
(
t
− − -->
1
)
2
(
α α -->
+
β β -->
t
y
2
+
γ γ -->
t
− − -->
1
(
y
− − -->
1
)
2
+
δ δ -->
t
(
t
− − -->
1
)
(
y
− − -->
t
)
2
)
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\frac {d^{2}y}{dt^{2}}}&={\frac {1}{2}}\left({\frac {1}{y}}+{\frac {1}{y-1}}+{\frac {1}{y-t}}\right)\left({\frac {dy}{dt}}\right)^{2}-\left({\frac {1}{t}}+{\frac {1}{t-1}}+{\frac {1}{y-t}}\right){\frac {dy}{dt}}\\&+{\frac {y(y-1)(y-t)}{t^{2}(t-1)^{2}}}\left(\alpha +\beta {\frac {t}{y^{2}}}+\gamma {\frac {t-1}{(y-1)^{2}}}+\delta {\frac {t(t-1)}{(y-t)^{2}}}\right)\\\end{aligned}}}
All of the other Painlevé transcendents are degenerations of the sixth
[ 19]
Rabinovich–Fabrikant equations
1
x
˙ ˙ -->
=
y
(
z
− − -->
1
+
x
2
)
+
γ γ -->
x
y
˙ ˙ -->
=
x
(
3
z
+
1
− − -->
x
2
)
+
γ γ -->
y
z
˙ ˙ -->
=
− − -->
2
z
(
α α -->
+
x
y
)
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\dot {x}}&=y(z-1+x^{2})+\gamma x\\{\dot {y}}&=x(3z+1-x^{2})+\gamma y\\{\dot {z}}&=-2z(\alpha +xy)\end{aligned}}}
Chaos theory , dynamical systems
[ 20]
Riccati equation
1
d
y
d
x
+
Q
(
x
)
y
+
R
(
x
)
y
2
=
P
(
x
)
{\displaystyle {\frac {dy}{dx}}+Q(x)y+R(x)y^{2}=P(x)}
Class of first order differential equations that is quadratic in the unknown. Can reduce to Bernoulli differential equation or linear differential equation in certain cases
[ 21]
Rössler attractor
1
d
x
d
t
=
− − -->
y
− − -->
z
d
y
d
t
=
x
+
a
y
d
z
d
t
=
b
+
z
(
x
− − -->
c
)
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\frac {dx}{dt}}&=-y-z\\{\frac {dy}{dt}}&=x+ay\\{\frac {dz}{dt}}&=b+z(x-c)\end{aligned}}}
Chaos theory , dynamical systems
[ 22]
Physics
Name
Order
Equation
Applications
Reference
Bellman's equation or Emden-Fowler's equation
2
d
d
t
(
t
ρ ρ -->
d
u
d
t
)
=
t
σ σ -->
u
ρ ρ -->
{\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dt}}\left(t^{\rho }{\frac {du}{dt}}\right)=t^{\sigma }u^{\rho }}
(Emden-Fowler) which reduces to
d
2
u
d
x
2
=
ϕ ϕ -->
2
u
p
{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}u}{dx^{2}}}=\phi ^{2}u^{p}}
if
σ σ -->
+
ρ ρ -->
=
0
{\displaystyle \sigma +\rho =0}
(Bellman)
Diffusion in a slab
[ 23]
Besant-Rayleigh-Plesset equation
2
R
d
2
R
d
t
2
+
3
2
(
d
R
d
t
)
2
+
4
ν ν -->
L
R
d
R
d
t
+
2
σ σ -->
ρ ρ -->
L
R
+
Δ Δ -->
P
(
t
)
ρ ρ -->
=
0
{\displaystyle R{\frac {d^{2}R}{dt^{2}}}+{\frac {3}{2}}\left({\frac {dR}{dt}}\right)^{2}+{\frac {4\nu _{L}}{R}}{\frac {dR}{dt}}+{\frac {2\sigma }{\rho _{L}R}}+{\frac {\Delta P(t)}{\rho }}=0}
Spherical bubble in fluid dynamics
[ 24]
Blasius equation
3
d
3
y
d
x
3
+
y
d
2
y
d
x
2
=
0
{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{3}y}{dx^{3}}}+y{\frac {d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}}=0}
Blasius boundary layer
[ 25]
Chandrasekhar's white dwarf equation
2
1
x
2
d
d
x
(
x
2
d
y
d
x
)
+
(
y
2
− − -->
c
)
3
/
2
=
0
{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{x^{2}}}{\frac {d}{dx}}\left(x^{2}{\frac {dy}{dx}}\right)+(y^{2}-c)^{3/2}=0}
Gravitational potential of white dwarf in astrophysics
[ 26]
De Boer-Ludford equation
2
d
2
y
d
x
2
− − -->
x
y
=
y
|
y
|
α α -->
,
α α -->
>
0
{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}}-xy=y|y|^{\alpha },\ \alpha >0}
Plasma physics
[ 27]
Emden–Chandrasekhar equation
2
1
ξ ξ -->
2
d
d
ξ ξ -->
(
ξ ξ -->
2
d
ψ ψ -->
d
ξ ξ -->
)
=
e
− − -->
ψ ψ -->
{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{\xi ^{2}}}{\frac {d}{d\xi }}\left(\xi ^{2}{\frac {d\psi }{d\xi }}\right)=e^{-\psi }}
Astrophysics
[ 26]
Ermakov-Pinney equation
2
x
¨ ¨ -->
+
ω ω -->
2
x
=
h
2
x
3
{\displaystyle {\ddot {x}}+\omega ^{2}x={\frac {h^{2}}{x^{3}}}}
Electromagnetism , oscillation , scalar field cosmologies
[ 28] [ 29]
Falkner–Skan equation
3
d
3
y
d
x
3
+
y
d
2
y
d
x
2
+
β β -->
[
1
− − -->
(
d
y
d
x
)
2
]
=
0
{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{3}y}{dx^{3}}}+y{\frac {d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}}+\beta \left[1-\left({\frac {dy}{dx}}\right)^{2}\right]=0}
Falkner–Skan boundary layer
[ 30]
Friedmann equations
2
a
¨ ¨ -->
a
=
− − -->
4
π π -->
G
3
(
ρ ρ -->
+
3
p
c
2
)
+
Λ Λ -->
c
2
3
{\displaystyle {\frac {\ddot {a}}{a}}=-{\frac {4\pi G}{3}}\left(\rho +{\frac {3p}{c^{2}}}\right)+{\frac {\Lambda c^{2}}{3}}}
and
a
˙ ˙ -->
2
+
k
c
2
a
2
=
8
π π -->
G
ρ ρ -->
+
Λ Λ -->
c
2
3
{\displaystyle {\frac {{\dot {a}}^{2}+kc^{2}}{a^{2}}}={\frac {8\pi G\rho +\Lambda c^{2}}{3}}}
Physical cosmology
[ 31]
Heisenberg equation of motion
1
d
A
(
t
)
^ ^ -->
d
t
=
i
ℏ ℏ -->
[
H
^ ^ -->
,
A
^ ^ -->
]
{\displaystyle {\frac {d{\hat {A(t)}}}{dt}}={\frac {i}{\hbar }}[{\hat {\mathcal {H}}},{\hat {A}}]}
Quantum mechanics
[ 32]
Ivey's equation
2
d
2
y
d
x
2
− − -->
1
y
(
d
y
d
x
)
2
+
2
x
d
y
d
x
+
k
y
2
=
0
{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}}-{\frac {1}{y}}\left({\frac {dy}{dx}}\right)^{2}+{\frac {2}{x}}{\frac {dy}{dx}}+ky^{2}=0}
Space charge theory
[ 33]
Kidder equation
2
1
− − -->
α α -->
y
d
2
y
d
x
2
+
2
x
d
y
d
x
=
0
,
0
≤ ≤ -->
α α -->
≤ ≤ -->
1
{\displaystyle {\sqrt {1-\alpha y}}{\frac {d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}}+2x{\frac {dy}{dx}}=0,\ 0\leq \alpha \leq 1}
Flow through porous medium
[ 34]
Krogdahl equation
2
d
2
Q
d
τ τ -->
2
=
− − -->
Q
+
2
3
λ λ -->
Q
2
+
14
27
λ λ -->
2
Q
3
+
μ μ -->
(
1
− − -->
Q
2
)
d
Q
d
τ τ -->
+
2
3
λ λ -->
(
1
− − -->
λ λ -->
Q
)
(
d
Q
d
τ τ -->
)
2
+
⋯ ⋯ -->
{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}Q}{d\tau ^{2}}}=-Q+{\frac {2}{3}}\lambda Q^{2}+{\frac {14}{27}}\lambda ^{2}Q^{3}+\mu (1-Q^{2}){\frac {dQ}{d\tau }}+{\frac {2}{3}}\lambda (1-\lambda Q)\left({\frac {dQ}{d\tau }}\right)^{2}+\cdots }
Stellar pulsation in astrophysics
[ 35]
Lagerstrom equation
2
y
″
+
k
r
y
′
+
ϵ ϵ -->
y
′
y
=
0
{\displaystyle y''+{\frac {k}{r}}y'+\epsilon y'y=0}
One dimensional viscous flow at low Reynolds numbers
[ 36]
Lane–Emden equation or polytropic differential equation
2
1
ξ ξ -->
2
d
d
ξ ξ -->
(
ξ ξ -->
2
d
θ θ -->
d
ξ ξ -->
)
+
θ θ -->
n
=
0
{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{\xi ^{2}}}{\frac {d}{d\xi }}\left({\xi ^{2}{\frac {d\theta }{d\xi }}}\right)+\theta ^{n}=0}
Astrophysics
[ 37]
Liñán's equation
2
d
2
y
d
ζ ζ -->
2
=
(
y
2
− − -->
ζ ζ -->
2
)
e
− − -->
δ δ -->
1
/
3
(
y
+
γ γ -->
ζ ζ -->
)
{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}y}{d\zeta ^{2}}}=(y^{2}-\zeta ^{2})e^{-\delta ^{1/3}(y+\gamma \zeta )}}
Combustion
[ 38]
Pendulum equation
2
d
2
θ θ -->
d
t
2
+
g
ℓ ℓ -->
sin
-->
θ θ -->
=
0
{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}\theta }{dt^{2}}}+{\frac {g}{\ell }}\sin \theta =0}
Mechanics
[ 39]
Poisson–Boltzmann equation (1d case)
2
d
2
θ θ -->
d
z
2
+
k
z
d
θ θ -->
d
z
=
− − -->
δ δ -->
e
θ θ -->
{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}\theta }{dz^{2}}}+{\frac {k}{z}}{\frac {d\theta }{dz}}=-\delta e^{\theta }}
Inflammability and the theory of thermal explosions
[ 40]
Stuart–Landau equation
1
d
A
d
t
=
σ σ -->
A
− − -->
l
2
A
|
A
|
2
{\displaystyle {\frac {dA}{dt}}=\sigma A-{\frac {l}{2}}A|A|^{2}}
Hydrodynamic stability
[ 41]
Taylor–Maccoll equation
2
(
c
2
− − -->
f
′
2
)
f
″
+
c
2
cot
-->
θ θ -->
f
′
+
(
2
c
2
− − -->
f
′
2
)
f
=
0
,
c
=
c
(
f
2
+
f
′
2
)
{\displaystyle (c^{2}-f'^{2})f''+c^{2}\cot \theta f'+(2c^{2}-f'^{2})f=0,\quad c=c(f^{2}+f'^{2})}
where
f
′
=
d
f
d
θ θ -->
{\displaystyle f'={\frac {df}{d\theta }}}
Flow behind a conical shock wave
[ 42]
Thomas–Fermi equation
2
d
2
y
d
x
2
=
1
x
y
3
/
2
{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}}={\frac {1}{\sqrt {x}}}y^{3/2}}
Quantum mechanics [ 43]
[ 44]
Toda lattice
1
a
˙ ˙ -->
(
n
,
t
)
=
a
(
n
,
t
)
(
b
(
n
+
1
,
t
)
− − -->
b
(
n
,
t
)
)
b
˙ ˙ -->
(
n
,
t
)
=
2
(
a
(
n
,
t
)
2
− − -->
a
(
n
− − -->
1
,
t
)
2
)
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\dot {a}}(n,t)&=a(n,t){\Big (}b(n+1,t)-b(n,t){\Big )}\\{\dot {b}}(n,t)&=2{\Big (}a(n,t)^{2}-a(n-1,t)^{2}{\Big )}\end{aligned}}}
where
a
(
n
,
t
)
=
1
2
e
− − -->
(
q
(
n
+
1
,
t
)
− − -->
q
(
n
,
t
)
)
/
2
b
(
n
,
t
)
=
− − -->
1
2
p
(
n
,
t
)
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}a(n,t)&={\frac {1}{2}}{\rm {e}}^{-(q(n+1,t)-q(n,t))/2}\\b(n,t)&=-{\frac {1}{2}}p(n,t)\end{aligned}}}
Model of one-dimensional crystal in solid-state physics , Langmuir oscillations in plasma, quantum cohomology ; notable for being a completely integrable system
[ 45]
Engineering
Chemistry
Name
Order
Equation
Applications
Reference
Brusselator
1
d
d
t
{
X
}
=
{
A
}
+
{
X
}
2
{
Y
}
− − -->
{
B
}
{
X
}
− − -->
{
X
}
d
d
t
{
Y
}
=
{
B
}
{
X
}
− − -->
{
X
}
2
{
Y
}
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{d \over dt}\left\{X\right\}&=\left\{A\right\}+\left\{X\right\}^{2}\left\{Y\right\}-\left\{B\right\}\left\{X\right\}-\left\{X\right\}\\{d \over dt}\left\{Y\right\}&=\left\{B\right\}\left\{X\right\}-\left\{X\right\}^{2}\left\{Y\right\}\end{aligned}}}
A type of autocatalytic reaction modelled at constant concentration
[ 51]
Oregonator
1
d
[
X
]
d
t
=
k
I
[
A
]
[
Y
]
− − -->
k
I
I
[
X
]
[
Y
]
+
k
I
I
I
[
A
]
[
X
]
− − -->
2
k
I
V
[
X
]
2
d
[
Y
]
d
t
=
− − -->
k
I
[
A
]
[
Y
]
− − -->
k
I
I
[
X
]
[
Y
]
+
1
2
f
k
V
[
B
]
[
Z
]
d
[
Z
]
d
t
=
2
k
I
I
I
[
A
]
[
X
]
− − -->
k
V
[
B
]
[
Z
]
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\frac {d[X]}{dt}}&=k_{I}[A][Y]-k_{II}[X][Y]+k_{III}[A][X]-2k_{IV}[X]^{2}\\{\frac {d[Y]}{dt}}&=-k_{I}[A][Y]-k_{II}[X][Y]+{\frac {1}{2}}fk_{V}[B][Z]\\{\frac {d[Z]}{dt}}&=2k_{III}[A][X]-k_{V}[B][Z]\end{aligned}}}
A type of autocatalytic reaction modelled at constant concentration
[ 52]
Biology and medicine
Name
Order
Equation
Applications
Reference
Allee effect
1
d
N
d
t
=
− − -->
r
N
(
1
− − -->
N
A
)
(
1
− − -->
N
K
)
{\displaystyle {\frac {dN}{dt}}=-rN\left(1-{\frac {N}{A}}\right)\left(1-{\frac {N}{K}}\right)}
Population biology
[ 53]
Arditi–Ginzburg equations
1
d
N
d
t
=
f
(
N
)
N
− − -->
g
(
N
P
)
P
d
P
d
t
=
e
g
(
N
P
)
P
− − -->
u
P
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\frac {dN}{dt}}&=f(N)\,N-g{\left(\!{\tfrac {N}{P}}\!\right)}P\\{\frac {dP}{dt}}&=e\,g{\left(\!{\tfrac {N}{P}}\!\right)}P-uP\end{aligned}}}
Population dynamics
[ 54]
FitzHugh–Nagumo model or Bonhoeffer-van der Pol model
1
v
˙ ˙ -->
=
v
− − -->
v
3
3
− − -->
w
+
R
I
e
x
t
τ τ -->
w
˙ ˙ -->
=
v
+
a
− − -->
b
w
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\dot {v}}&=v-{\frac {v^{3}}{3}}-w+RI_{\rm {ext}}\\\tau {\dot {w}}&=v+a-bw\end{aligned}}}
Action potentials in neurons , oscillators
[ 55]
Hodgkin-Huxley equations
1
I
=
C
m
d
V
m
d
t
+
g
¯ ¯ -->
K
n
4
(
V
m
− − -->
V
K
)
+
g
¯ ¯ -->
Na
m
3
h
(
V
m
− − -->
V
N
a
)
+
g
¯ ¯ -->
l
(
V
m
− − -->
V
l
)
d
n
d
t
=
α α -->
n
(
V
m
)
(
1
− − -->
n
)
− − -->
β β -->
n
(
V
m
)
n
d
m
d
t
=
α α -->
m
(
V
m
)
(
1
− − -->
m
)
− − -->
β β -->
m
(
V
m
)
m
d
h
d
t
=
α α -->
h
(
V
m
)
(
1
− − -->
h
)
− − -->
β β -->
h
(
V
m
)
h
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}I&=C_{m}{\frac {{\mathrm {d} }V_{m}}{{\mathrm {d} }t}}+{\bar {g}}_{\text{K}}n^{4}(V_{m}-V_{K})+{\bar {g}}_{\text{Na}}m^{3}h(V_{m}-V_{Na})+{\bar {g}}_{l}(V_{m}-V_{l})\\{\frac {dn}{dt}}&=\alpha _{n}(V_{m})(1-n)-\beta _{n}(V_{m})n\\{\frac {dm}{dt}}&=\alpha _{m}(V_{m})(1-m)-\beta _{m}(V_{m})m\\{\frac {dh}{dt}}&=\alpha _{h}(V_{m})(1-h)-\beta _{h}(V_{m})h\end{aligned}}}
Action potentials in neurons
[ 56]
Kuramoto model
1
d
θ θ -->
i
d
t
=
ω ω -->
i
+
1
N
∑ ∑ -->
j
=
1
N
K
i
j
sin
-->
(
θ θ -->
j
− − -->
θ θ -->
i
)
,
i
=
1
… … -->
N
{\displaystyle {\frac {d\theta _{i}}{dt}}=\omega _{i}+{\frac {1}{N}}\sum _{j=1}^{N}K_{ij}\sin(\theta _{j}-\theta _{i}),\qquad i=1\ldots N}
Synchronization , coupled oscillators
[ 57]
Lotka–Volterra equations
1
d
x
d
t
=
α α -->
x
− − -->
β β -->
x
y
d
y
d
t
=
δ δ -->
x
y
− − -->
γ γ -->
y
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\frac {dx}{dt}}&=\alpha x-\beta xy\\{\frac {dy}{dt}}&=\delta xy-\gamma y\end{aligned}}}
Population dynamics
[ 58]
Price equation
1
d
d
t
E
(
x
)
=
Cov
(
x
,
f
)
⏟ ⏟ -->
Selection effect
+
E
(
x
˙ ˙ -->
)
⏟ ⏟ -->
Dynamic effect
{\displaystyle {d \over {dt}}\mathbb {E} (x)=\underbrace {{\text{Cov}}(x,f)} _{\text{Selection effect}}+\underbrace {\mathbb {E} ({\dot {x}})} _{\text{Dynamic effect}}}
Evolution and change in allele frequency over time
[ 59]
SIR model
1
d
S
d
t
=
− − -->
β β -->
S
I
d
I
d
t
=
β β -->
S
I
− − -->
γ γ -->
I
d
R
d
t
=
γ γ -->
I
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\frac {dS}{dt}}&=-\beta SI\\{\frac {dI}{dt}}&=\beta SI-\gamma I\\{\frac {dR}{dt}}&=\gamma I\end{aligned}}}
Epidemiology
[ 60]
Economics and finance
Name
Order
Equation
Applications
Reference
Bass diffusion model
1
d
F
d
t
=
(
1
− − -->
F
)
(
p
+
q
F
)
{\displaystyle {\frac {dF}{dt}}=(1-F)(p+qF)}
A Riccati equation used in marketing to describe product adoption
[ 61]
Ramsey–Cass–Koopmans model
1
k
˙ ˙ -->
=
f
(
k
)
− − -->
(
n
+
δ δ -->
)
k
− − -->
c
c
˙ ˙ -->
=
σ σ -->
(
c
)
[
f
k
(
k
)
− − -->
δ δ -->
− − -->
ρ ρ -->
]
⋅ ⋅ -->
c
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\dot {k}}&=f(k)-(n+\delta )k-c\\{\dot {c}}&=\sigma (c)\left[f_{k}(k)-\delta -\rho \right]\cdot c\end{aligned}}}
Neoclassical economics model of economic growth
[ 62] [ 63]
Solow–Swan model
1
k
˙ ˙ -->
(
t
)
=
s
k
(
t
)
α α -->
− − -->
(
n
+
g
+
δ δ -->
)
k
(
t
)
{\displaystyle {\dot {k}}(t)=sk(t)^{\alpha }-(n+g+\delta )k(t)}
Model of long run economic growth
[ 64]
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