This is why you're learning differential equations

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  • @Kolinnor
    @Kolinnor Před 3 lety +5483

    When I teach about differential equations, I'll make sure to do a similar introduction, it's really brilliant

    • @gsjxbxbxhdhs5352
      @gsjxbxbxhdhs5352 Před 3 lety +370

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    • @ThePianist4Life
      @ThePianist4Life Před 3 lety +47

      In my opinion there are way easier and more general examples to use, for learning about differential equations. 3blue1brown has done a great job in that regard. I very much prefer the classic pendulum and heat-transfer as starting points. Just not the chase curve. But this might be just my personal preference.

    • @Build_the_Future
      @Build_the_Future Před 3 lety +9

      Why use "d" why not use the delta symbol?

    • @94mathdude
      @94mathdude Před 3 lety +8

      Delta is for partial derivatives

    • @SiddharthSingh-zd7ny
      @SiddharthSingh-zd7ny Před 3 lety +1

      @@gsjxbxbxhdhs5352 Nord vpn

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 Před 3 lety +2405

    them: do you even lift bro?
    me: yes. barbells, with no mass.

  • @hyiderhyider1787
    @hyiderhyider1787 Před 3 lety +1105

    When I learned physics at University one of the most satisfying experiences was getting to grips with calculus enough to use it to derive equations as it allowed me to wield mathematics to describe the world, which felt awesome.

    • @nq5044
      @nq5044 Před 2 lety +8

      Dont click his link,its most likely scam

    • @tizurl
      @tizurl Před 2 lety +6

      @@nq5044 most likely, they’ve placed this exact comment in other comments in this channel

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB Před 2 lety

      Lies again? Dear RJ

    • @hisdudeness4537
      @hisdudeness4537 Před rokem +14

      The reason I like math now. Back in high school they made it too grindy for me, but now I'm loving it as the grind pays off little by little.

    • @Brekstahkid
      @Brekstahkid Před 11 měsíci +4

      I feel like Goku sometimes

  • @commenterdek3241
    @commenterdek3241 Před 3 lety +1098

    I asked my Math teacher the same question when he was teaching DE. And the whole class laughed at me. Thanks for the video.

    • @Wrek100
      @Wrek100 Před 3 lety +104

      Obviously while you were studying the text they were catching up on the latest season of Numb3rs. Study smarter, not harder! :D

    • @justinmiller129
      @justinmiller129 Před 2 lety +1

      It reminds me of the *_dark water in this video_* czcams.com/video/Tl5oHZrIZo0/video.html&.wsep

    • @sarthak8350
      @sarthak8350 Před 2 lety +262

      Bcoz u were studying for knowledge and they were studying to pass an exam

    • @bhartiyacreature4950
      @bhartiyacreature4950 Před 2 lety +28

      Fools

    • @TheReaper002
      @TheReaper002 Před 2 lety +37

      I'm 1 year late but this happened in my class yesterday, everyone laughed not at the student but with him because it sounded like they were funnily teasing the professor.

  • @spectrumnight8937
    @spectrumnight8937 Před 3 lety +4772

    Me wanting to be an engineer: Haha, I'm in danger

    • @wyattb3138
      @wyattb3138 Před 3 lety +360

      Just keep practicing your math. Calculus may be challenging but it is really useful.

    • @spectrumnight8937
      @spectrumnight8937 Před 3 lety +338

      @@wyattb3138 I know, but my braincells are in danger fellow engineer

    • @wyattb3138
      @wyattb3138 Před 3 lety +234

      Spectrum Night, apart from doing all the math, engineering really depends on your creativity and being able to think of unique solutions to problems. After all, engineering is just problem solving.

    • @hafidza.p8584
      @hafidza.p8584 Před 3 lety +76

      Trust me.iam engginer .wtf just happen here

    • @angelomartino4667
      @angelomartino4667 Před 3 lety +19

      Laughed, well this shit it's hard and endless, don't know how to interiorize it

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 Před 3 lety +1120

    Differential Equations are definitely a household name in the applications of maths. They are really fun when you know how to utilize all of their techniques. Awesome work!

    • @CBielski87
      @CBielski87 Před 3 lety +48

      omg yes! Diff EQ should be taught way earlier so students of math can see how all the "useless shit" they learn comes to life!

    • @livethefuture2492
      @livethefuture2492 Před 3 lety +12

      Just a question, i'm currently in 11th grade and I want to ask is there literally any application of those trigonometry identities that you had to memorize in high school? Cuz I have probably memorized 40 of them and it's driving me crazy!

    • @RC32Smiths01
      @RC32Smiths01 Před 3 lety +30

      @@livethefuture2492 I believe that Trigonometric Identities are absolutely critical for things such as buildings and architecture, trying to find the lengths and angles of certain objects, as well as finding the existence of 0, 1, or even 2 possible triangles. It's also very useful in Engineering, understanding the use of currents.

    • @RC32Smiths01
      @RC32Smiths01 Před 3 lety +9

      @@CBielski87 I think Differential Equations are something that someone really wants to do in order to really do it. They absolutely have their purposes, but it's something that you need to understand years of calculus and advanced math to really understand.

    • @tasis3835
      @tasis3835 Před 3 lety +9

      @@livethefuture2492 Trigonometry is fundamental in any engineering or scientific field. You have to memorize the basic identities and equations, because you'll use them a lot and frequently so you can't demonstrate them anytime, BUT you have also to understand their meaning.

  • @simonhallin8909
    @simonhallin8909 Před 3 lety +136

    "Let's assume there's no wind"
    When have I seen this line before..

    • @anujbangad3973
      @anujbangad3973 Před 3 lety +28

      Oh yeah!!!
      "Neglect friction"
      "Air resistance can be ignored"
      "Gravity free space"
      "Energy loss is negligible"
      "Disregarding relativistic effects"
      "Ignoring quantum effect of electrons"
      " sin(θ)=tan(θ)= θ "
      Sounds familiar, huhhhh

    • @simonhallin8909
      @simonhallin8909 Před 3 lety +12

      @@anujbangad3973 Aaahh, the noturious sin(x) = x. Just go ahead and put a 3 for pi and e while you're at it

    • @raghavsinha5298
      @raghavsinha5298 Před 2 lety +10

      @@simonhallin8909 Don't forget to assume the cow is spherical!

    • @tarunbalchandbhaimulchanda6929
      @tarunbalchandbhaimulchanda6929 Před 2 lety +1

      @@simonhallin8909 pi square is g

    • @simonhallin8909
      @simonhallin8909 Před 2 lety

      @@tarunbalchandbhaimulchanda6929 of course! But i prefer using e^2 instead

  • @EpicFox
    @EpicFox Před 3 lety +653

    I am learning differential to slap my brother perfectly at the moment when he would be running to tell my mom that I failed in math.

  • @PapaFlammy69
    @PapaFlammy69 Před 3 lety +1763

    Good to know Zach :D

    • @aaronrashid2075
      @aaronrashid2075 Před 3 lety +34

      I thought you liked integration more :D

    • @nanigopalsaha2408
      @nanigopalsaha2408 Před 3 lety +8

      Hey papa!

    • @chhabisarkar9057
      @chhabisarkar9057 Před 3 lety +5

      @Flammable Maths , 57 is the goodest prime number :)

    • @crazyphil7782
      @crazyphil7782 Před 3 lety +5

      Numerically, you never derive, you integrate.

    • @RockBrentwood
      @RockBrentwood Před 3 lety +1

      I'm not sure what the narrator is trying to say at 6:00, but that's not a differential equation in the usual sense at all, but actually a *differential inequality* ... it is generally true for any two vectors that 𝐀⁄|𝐀| · 𝐁⁄|𝐁| = 1 ⇔ 𝐀·𝐁 > 0 . So, all the problem stated at 6:00 is actually saying is that (𝐦 - 𝐜)·d𝐜⁄dt > 0; i.e. 𝐦·d𝐜⁄dt > 𝐜·d𝐜⁄dt. If the additional assumption |𝐜|² = 1 is being made, then since 𝐜·d𝐜⁄dt = d/dt (|𝐜|²/2) = 0, then the inequality reduces to 𝐦·d𝐜⁄dt > 0. *Any* unit vector 𝐜(t) function of time (i.e. |𝐜(t)|² = 1) for which 𝐦(t)·𝐜'(t) > 0 is a solution to the problem.

  • @patrickjdarrow
    @patrickjdarrow Před 3 lety +508

    Had a similar chain problem on a physics exam. Still haven't recovered mentally/emotionally.

    • @diondredunigan2583
      @diondredunigan2583 Před 3 lety +25

      oh god i'm afraid of AP Physics a little now, at least toward the end of the year. I really only know the most basic information about movement and forces. I'm doing calc at the same time, so I don't even know that math. Hoping the class doesn't kick my ass too hard lmao
      Edit: It did, it did kick my ass

    • @patrickjdarrow
      @patrickjdarrow Před 3 lety +2

      @mozart mechanics

    • @biplovebaral8755
      @biplovebaral8755 Před 3 lety +13

      Diondre Dunigan you are fine, AP Physics 1 or 2 does not use Calculus, So you won’t see any differential equation problems. AP Physics C does use calculus however so if your taking AP physics C, but I doubt you would see difficult differential equations there. The math in AP physics 1 or 2, is not intensive at all so I wouldn’t worry!

    • @diondredunigan2583
      @diondredunigan2583 Před 3 lety +1

      @@biplovebaral8755 Thank you so much! I am taking AP Physics C, but it really all depends on what my school's curriculum is like in terms of physics. I passed my precalc class this year with an A, but my Trig class... You wouldn't think Trig/Algebra two quizzes could be so difficult, but my teacher made them so. But thanks for letting me know!

    • @SilentTricks
      @SilentTricks Před 3 lety +16

      They give us this question in med school exam in India

  • @shrey2419
    @shrey2419 Před rokem +316

    One of the best videos ive seen, it gave me some sort pf motivation to finally pay attention in math class since my teacher never explains why we are learning what we are learning

    • @Subhumanoid_
      @Subhumanoid_ Před rokem

      a) cuz you will do more complex maths later and you will needs this building block
      b) cuz it's on the test next month
      These are the only reasons ever given to me.
      Truly, school math is only interesting to autists.

    • @zachschroeder1740
      @zachschroeder1740 Před rokem +4

      for real, mine just tells us one method of solving it, doesn’t tell us how it works, and calls it good 😮

    • @sesughyandev
      @sesughyandev Před 9 měsíci +4

      I doubt even the teacher fully understood why he was teaching what he was.

  • @rokker333
    @rokker333 Před rokem +50

    When I studied aeronautical engineering at university I was amazed when I discovered that DE are the key to model many physical problems no matter if it is structural mechanics, thermodynamics, aerodynamics or electrical engineering.

  • @realdragon
    @realdragon Před 3 lety +668

    "Differential equations are cool"
    ~Big Bang

    • @matteovasta2326
      @matteovasta2326 Před 3 lety +11

      "Yeah really cool"
      ~Big Freeze

    • @jonhtanzer6518
      @jonhtanzer6518 Před 3 lety

      Big bang, come on

    • @apokolypx
      @apokolypx Před 3 lety

      "nothing was ever anywhere, makes sense right? like I said it didn't happen" - bill wurtz

    • @davidedmundtochi5228
      @davidedmundtochi5228 Před 3 lety +1

      The big bang is a hoax dont be decieved.

    • @vaibhavagrawal3083
      @vaibhavagrawal3083 Před 3 lety +3

      @@davidedmundtochi5228 I bet your one of those religious people right?

  • @countablyinfinite4904
    @countablyinfinite4904 Před 3 lety +513

    People who like math: wow this is interesting
    Me, who barely passed calc 2 and linear Algebra: *screeching noises*

    • @Dm-dw3tr
      @Dm-dw3tr Před 3 lety +19

      I wanted to be an engineer. I can't number. So I went to biology lol

    • @NerdyCatCoffeeee
      @NerdyCatCoffeeee Před 3 lety +1

      @Bernd DasBrot like hell it's not

    • @Asrieloo
      @Asrieloo Před 2 lety +2

      Me who didnt memorize the multiplication tables because yes and then didn't know how to do division:
      *Intensive sweating*

    • @oberdinger09
      @oberdinger09 Před 2 lety

      C's get degrees

    • @michaelespeland
      @michaelespeland Před 2 lety

      Lol I baaaarely passed calc 1 and failed linear algebra

  • @revenger211
    @revenger211 Před 3 lety +190

    You know, I really enjoyed calculus last year and understood many of the real life applications, but I never knew about the pursuit curve thing before. Mathematics is just something else man.

    • @DrakeRing
      @DrakeRing Před 2 lety +1

      What's going on my Liege

    • @chrismarklowitz1001
      @chrismarklowitz1001 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Ikr math is so cool it feels like I'm a seer discovering the mysteries of the universe

  • @mike814031
    @mike814031 Před 3 lety +69

    I love how intuitive he is with explaining it, it's easier to understand why it's important and gives it meaning.. something few ppl do but it seperates the good from not so good at explaining things

  • @bdr1414TV
    @bdr1414TV Před 3 lety +77

    gravity rounded to 10
    * Laughs in physics *

    • @seriyooow310
      @seriyooow310 Před 3 lety +13

      Straight up paused the video at that moment and went straight to comments. As an engineer, this hurts my body and soul.

    • @priscilas4755
      @priscilas4755 Před 2 lety

      @@seriyooow310 same

    • @78anurag
      @78anurag Před 2 lety +5

      @@seriyooow310 Wait don't engineers approximate e as 2 and π as 3, and g as π²?

  • @HeaanLasai
    @HeaanLasai Před 3 lety +937

    4:10 There's this famous example of a pursuit curve.
    The French wanted to make an anti ship missile.
    So they built a missile, slapped on a sensor, and then programmed the missile to always fly towards the target.
    In the first test, they launched against a *small* "drone" target.
    As the distance approached 0, the tightness of the turn required to remain on target approaches infinity.
    So it missed.
    It now locked on to a stationary buoy.
    But the buoy was WAY too *small* for the missile to hit, so it missed.
    Finally, it locked on to a *large* civilian cargo ship, which was minding its own business.
    The testers panic, because that ship is in range, it's so large they think the missile WILL hit, and they didn't bother to install a remote termination system.
    The missile again lowers its altitude to the sea skimming attack pattern.
    It makes the last course adjustments...
    ...and misses.
    Finally it runs out of fuel and crashes into a busy shipping lane.
    When Sweden's FOA (defence research institution) learnt of this, they fed the missile's guidance algorithm into their brand new (for that time) supercomputer, and the output predicted the exact flight pattern of that French missile.
    That was when the French leant about "CBDR-pursuit" (Constant Bearing Decreasing Range) and "PIP-guidance" (Predicted Impact Point).

    • @johngddr5288
      @johngddr5288 Před 3 lety +62

      Holy shit. That is crazy!

    • @smokeypillow
      @smokeypillow Před 3 lety +79

      @@manikanta2000 doesn't take that long tbh

    • @smokeypillow
      @smokeypillow Před 3 lety +1

      @@manikanta2000 i know i know

    • @user-zu1ix3yq2w
      @user-zu1ix3yq2w Před 3 lety +5

      yay weapons of war

    • @kindlin
      @kindlin Před 3 lety +159

      @@manikanta2000
      It had a buildup, climax, cliffhanger, resolution and lessons learned in like a 60 second read. Worth.

  • @KunalSaini97
    @KunalSaini97 Před 3 lety +58

    Me: Why are we learning this?
    Teacher: So, that's how you're going to solve it when it appears in examination
    Me: 🙃

    • @maxwellsequation4887
      @maxwellsequation4887 Před 3 lety +17

      The way school teaches maths is clever
      They have selected the most possibly inefficient way after not teaching at all

    • @shabnamkhatoon4980
      @shabnamkhatoon4980 Před 2 lety +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣exactly

    • @parthprashar8498
      @parthprashar8498 Před rokem

      @@maxwellsequation4887 Best comment.
      Thank you for saying this.

  • @bostongalden1171
    @bostongalden1171 Před 3 lety +135

    Me acting as if I understood anything he just said: 🤓🤓

  • @afreen5058
    @afreen5058 Před 3 lety +529

    Me watching this, avoiding actually learning the differential equations.

    • @wojtekkowalski7403
      @wojtekkowalski7403 Před 3 lety +34

      I've got an exam in differential equations in 3 days and your comment felt so close to my heart this moment haha

    • @mwanikimwaniki6801
      @mwanikimwaniki6801 Před 3 lety

      @@wojtekkowalski7403 😫😫😫😫😪😪😪

    • @mosaicbrokenhearts2886
      @mosaicbrokenhearts2886 Před 3 lety +10

      Today i got exam on differential equation, grade 12.
      It's kinda easy to solve them but my school didn't teach any application of this. The problems are too long it's exhausting

    • @deviks3421
      @deviks3421 Před 3 lety +1

      google is tracking you

    • @jarskil8862
      @jarskil8862 Před 3 lety +19

      @@mosaicbrokenhearts2886 This is pretty much reason why it sucked in highschool. We were not having any context. They just said: "'Solve this"
      Now when I'm studying engineering, we have context but its so damn hard because I did not learn it in high school.

  • @notmychairnotmyproblem
    @notmychairnotmyproblem Před 3 lety +656

    Damn I wish more people understood just how mind blowing physics and Calculus really are. Like these equations describe the damn universe, the universe itself runs on mathematics and physics. Mathematics is literally God's language and it's so beautiful.

    • @DroneSatelliteView
      @DroneSatelliteView Před 3 lety +6

      You are the man Daluved "1"

    • @skibaa1
      @skibaa1 Před 3 lety +99

      More likely the mathematics is reflecting our way to cope with complex ideas and to structure them.

    • @lucasdipa9889
      @lucasdipa9889 Před 3 lety +137

      The universe isn't run by mathematics, it is our language that we use to understand how the universe works

    • @vv8104
      @vv8104 Před 3 lety +28

      God is just an illusion.

    • @notmychairnotmyproblem
      @notmychairnotmyproblem Před 3 lety +3

      @@vv8104 perhaps

  • @longrangelauber
    @longrangelauber Před 2 lety +12

    Knowing why I will be taking Diff Eq. this coming semester is half the battle. Everything you covered was very interesting to me and now I'm looking forward to taking the class and expanding my knowledge. Thanks for the informative video!

  • @eg8charles
    @eg8charles Před 3 lety +32

    Im in my last Calculus 3 class taking Diff Equations next semester and this looks pretty interesting, I can't wait! Thank you for the vid Zach!

    • @jasonfarrell00
      @jasonfarrell00 Před rokem +1

      well....how'd it go...?

    • @MaximusLX
      @MaximusLX Před rokem +3

      @@jasonfarrell00 I'm in the same boat but I just passed Calc 3 and my Diff Eq starts in 4 weeks

    • @jasonfarrell00
      @jasonfarrell00 Před rokem

      @@MaximusLX best of luck to ya! i was outta school for a few years then came back and went right into diff eq lol it was rough. but coming right out of calc 3 should put you in a great spot to do well 👍

  • @ChrisSutherlandPhys
    @ChrisSutherlandPhys Před 3 lety +97

    DEs was always one of my favorite courses

    • @JohnFekoloid
      @JohnFekoloid Před 2 lety +1

      It started out looking good for me but I quickly spiraled down. Have never recovered since then.

  • @leonardovillalobos5277
    @leonardovillalobos5277 Před 3 lety +287

    "round gravity to 10 as always" haha

    • @kindlin
      @kindlin Před 3 lety +13

      You should check out Sean' Carroll's Biggest Ideas In The Universe. He sets c (speed of light) and h-bar (reduced planck constant) to 1 to simplify the math. It's just the way science and math works best.

    • @leonardovillalobos5277
      @leonardovillalobos5277 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kindlin Will do 😃 thanks!

    • @francescocitterio54
      @francescocitterio54 Před 3 lety +10

      @@kindlin not the same thing, rounding g is an approximation, setting the constants to 1 is not because you consider different variables. For example, setting c to 1 could mean that the time you are using afterwards is a different time (where the unit is not one sec). Nothing to do with the approximation of g, in which case you just accept to have slightly different result (or maybe the precision of the other datas you are using is so bad that it would be sensless to use a more precise g)

    • @kindlin
      @kindlin Před 3 lety +1

      @@francescocitterio54
      Setting it to 1 or 10 is similar enough. The mathematical reason for doing this is the exact same, to simplify math. 1 is just much simpler. You could set G=1 and do other weird things with the math unrelated to we're talking about here (but similar to what Sean does).

    • @ishworshrestha3559
      @ishworshrestha3559 Před 3 lety

      Ok

  • @nannyd2
    @nannyd2 Před 2 lety +8

    Thanks for making me dread this next semester a little bit less haha. Love you’re comedy videos but I think I love the teaching ones even more!

  • @patrickrobichaux
    @patrickrobichaux Před 2 lety +50

    I feel like if I knew the application of differential equations, I would have enjoyed that course much more. This video makes me want to revisit those concepts. Thanks.

    • @jimbojimbo6873
      @jimbojimbo6873 Před rokem +1

      You just didn’t have the drive

    • @Hr1s7i
      @Hr1s7i Před 14 dny

      It's no different than other math logic. Y=X+1 for example is a very basic expression. You can instantly explain it since it's so simple. But if you change it so Y=1+dx/dt, then we have a Y which is going to be different in the same system for every sample we take of x in the timeline (see how sneaky it is?). We simply take the two dimensional space and move it across the timeline in order to get a function in time. This is literally all there is to it, but written down in a single line for convenience. You don't want to write a hundred lines for a hundred samples of X now do you... Newton probably got pissed by this exact thing. I'm no Newton and the idea of such a tedium pisses me off.

  • @sergioh5515
    @sergioh5515 Před 3 lety +12

    Wondering video illustrating not simply the awesome power of calculus, but the concept as well. The conceptual thinking here is key as this is how we begin to develop models for analysis!

  • @mydogbrian4814
    @mydogbrian4814 Před 3 lety +22

    - This was way over my head but I enjoyed how you presented it. The equation for constant change in mass as the shuttle rises instead of Newtons really struck me to how complicated a launch is. 🤔 👍

  • @dimpypandey7483
    @dimpypandey7483 Před 2 lety +1

    wow i am feeling great to have found about a channel dedicated to application rather than only to theorem which we can easily find in textbook. KEEP IT UP!!!

  • @ijt540
    @ijt540 Před 3 lety +1

    Out of all my math classes. Diff EQ is my favourite. It was fun figuring things out and having it all come together

  • @strikar5552
    @strikar5552 Před 3 lety +93

    Mann I was just solving differential equations when this video popped up!

    • @JohnVKaravitis
      @JohnVKaravitis Před 3 lety +5

      Liar.

    • @justinmiller129
      @justinmiller129 Před 2 lety

      It reminds me of the *_dark water in this video_* czcams.com/video/Tl5oHZrIZo0/video.html&.mkqj

  • @greese007
    @greese007 Před rokem +9

    It has been many decades since I first learned various methods for solving differential equations, and used them throughout my career as an engineer. I remain impressed about how easy it is to write down a differential equation, as opposed to the difficulty in solving it.
    Despite advanced methods of numerical analyses, analytical solutions still come down to educated guesswork: intuit a possible solution, plug it into the equation, and find out if it works.

  • @garysquarepants898
    @garysquarepants898 Před 3 lety +1

    I wish i had this CZcams when i went to school.
    People like you make the most valuable part of it, amazing.
    Thank you!

  • @sampanna6983
    @sampanna6983 Před rokem +26

    Just like how grass is always greener on the other side, everybody likes to say that their education systems are bad etc. But I'm so glad that our state school syllabus (Indian) had a chapter in 12th Maths called "Application of derivatives" and it taught us practical applications of differential equations. It had problems very similar to those shown in the video. Motion of a rocket with time varying mass, filling up of conical containers with time varying radius, maximizing volume of solids for given surface areas, etc. And I must say, that is what really made me fall in love with differential equations. I just laugh at people who say "When am I ever going to use calculus in real life?" Because I know how useful they really are.

    • @theeviloverlord7168
      @theeviloverlord7168 Před 7 měsíci

      What math textbook is that? I’d find it useful to study from.

    • @sampanna6983
      @sampanna6983 Před 7 měsíci

      @@theeviloverlord7168 HSC 12th: Mathematics and Statistics: Part 2

  • @cattleprods911
    @cattleprods911 Před rokem +3

    Great video, I took differential equations as an undergrad pre-requisite to mechanical engineering at UT. We called it 'difficult equations', but made sense when I later got into applications (i.e. state space model diff. eqs.).

  • @douglasstrother6584
    @douglasstrother6584 Před 3 lety +3

    Consider doing a episode on Integral Equations.
    These seem to get overlooked in the typical "Math Methods" course, but then are used extensively in Graduate Level Physics, "Jackson", etc.

  • @Lemurai
    @Lemurai Před 2 lety +14

    Former engineer, now a nurse, no matter how much I gorge my brain on new medical terminology, biology and pharmacology, I always find myself coming back to the topic of STEM. I wish I could go back to engineering but the jobs just aren’t there, everyone only wants to hire for short term projects.

    • @kevinng1702
      @kevinng1702 Před rokem

      Do you think about Medical Dosimetrist or Nuclear Medicine Tech…good money and you applied math and physics….

    • @BirdTurdMemes
      @BirdTurdMemes Před 11 měsíci +1

      What country do you live in?

  • @jiteshjodhani589
    @jiteshjodhani589 Před 3 lety +211

    It's wierd that in schools we are taught to solve them by just learning the formulas and getting the right answers and not the practical usage. It would have been easier to learn about them by having them connected to some practical usage.

    • @DairangerSentai7
      @DairangerSentai7 Před rokem +1

      Like what

    • @masterbaits4108
      @masterbaits4108 Před rokem +19

      @@DairangerSentai7 like you see in the video

    • @Michael-mh2tw
      @Michael-mh2tw Před rokem +6

      Maybe you were one of those people sleeping or picking your nose at the back of the class then, because they definitely mentioned it to my class.

    • @soupy5890
      @soupy5890 Před rokem +16

      @@Michael-mh2tw In a post-secondary, or like high-school? My high-school teachers never talked about applications, and yeah I did actually listen to the lesson

    • @badabingbobsuruncle
      @badabingbobsuruncle Před rokem

      @@soupy5890 no one was talking to you.

  • @nnishchit289
    @nnishchit289 Před 2 lety +4

    Zach, Just brilliant. I am always curious about the implications of the math I am learning. Thanks a lot

  • @Thermolizer
    @Thermolizer Před 3 lety +37

    Did my master's thesis on a differential equation, loved your breakdown!

    • @justinmiller129
      @justinmiller129 Před 2 lety

      It reminds me of the *_dark water in this video_* czcams.com/video/Tl5oHZrIZo0/video.html&.kqmb

    • @chrisidema
      @chrisidema Před rokem

      What equation was it about?

  • @greggreen5510
    @greggreen5510 Před 6 měsíci +2

    @Zach Star Thank you for presenting these awesome real-world applications of differential equations! It really helps to understand how to apply the mathematics that we learn or are going to learn. Please keep the educational and informative videos coming. I really appreciate what you are doing.

  • @nirmolmunvar6939
    @nirmolmunvar6939 Před 3 lety +1

    I am just gonna start teaching professionally and this is pure gold to make students interested. Thank you so much.

  • @coderide
    @coderide Před rokem +3

    I wish i had a maths teacher like him
    Instead of just blindly solving the equations by formula, we know how to imagine & understand

  • @whatelseison8970
    @whatelseison8970 Před 3 lety +475

    How do I get girls to like me?
    Differential equations
    How do I get this stain out of my pants?
    Differential equations
    What happens if I can't solve a differential equation?
    Try different differential equations
    That's right folks they do it all. They can slice and they can dice, make your teeth whiter, and your car go faster. and all for the low low... ok im done.

    • @tonynguyen8166
      @tonynguyen8166 Před 3 lety +17

      when u can't solve des that's where python is ur friend.

    • @paulhetherington3854
      @paulhetherington3854 Před 3 lety +1

      No opposites-- aren't different, but ops-- face in Egyptian. APS-- Hawaiian for, what's the problem here, etc...

    • @whatelseison8970
      @whatelseison8970 Před 3 lety +11

      @@azmanmatamin9020 Kinda crazy you should ask that since your name is the same as my ex's cat and she did, that's who. I was also sad when pus pus died. 😿

    • @captainsnake8515
      @captainsnake8515 Před 3 lety +7

      Differential equations put a white stain on my pants 😳

    • @CristianoRonaldo-hk6vz
      @CristianoRonaldo-hk6vz Před 3 lety +2

      How do I get girls to like me using differential equations?

  • @kerbonight3806
    @kerbonight3806 Před 3 lety +1

    You have a teaching gift, thanks for putting this together. Subbed.

  • @holdenfees6979
    @holdenfees6979 Před 3 lety

    I just finished algebra ii, and yet I still completely understand the first ten minutes (except for some of the math around 8 minutes) of the video. So brilliantly explained! Thanks.

  • @aaronrashid2075
    @aaronrashid2075 Před 3 lety +94

    Differential Equations: *everything*
    Literally every student: *confused screaming*

    • @mr.knight8967
      @mr.knight8967 Před 3 lety

      See this man
      czcams.com/video/RWz78wPMeEg/video.html

    • @mastershooter64
      @mastershooter64 Před 3 lety +4

      Differential equations are easy enough just wait till you get to partial differential equations

    • @omshree2448
      @omshree2448 Před 3 lety

      @@mastershooter64 complex analysis

    • @Asrieloo
      @Asrieloo Před 2 lety +1

      @@mastershooter64 wait till you get something that isn't addition and subtraction

  • @xianzai_ad1928
    @xianzai_ad1928 Před rokem +4

    Just finished calc 3 and linear algebra and I can finally understand math that they do in CZcams videos

  • @ronaryel6445
    @ronaryel6445 Před 9 měsíci +2

    For pursuit curves, if you do not know the trajectory of the pursued object/person/variable, you can use a Kalman filter or polynomial regression to predict it, then apply the pursuit algorithm...

  • @theguerrillachemist4232
    @theguerrillachemist4232 Před 2 lety +2

    Great video! it's always nice to see real world applications for DEq. I believe that's when the "ah ha" moment happens. The chain with the barbell equation was one i used when i worked at the U of Tampa Human Performance Lab.

  • @revimfadli4666
    @revimfadli4666 Před 3 lety +76

    "I don't care I'm going to economics"
    Macro & interest growth differential equations(and friends): *"allow us to introduce ourselves"*
    Edit: highlighted the irony more clearly

    • @Kevin-cy2dr
      @Kevin-cy2dr Před 3 lety +7

      You will still use it economics for various graphs and other stuff like population growth

    • @arnaldo8681
      @arnaldo8681 Před 3 lety +8

      Economics is full of differential equations

    • @revimfadli4666
      @revimfadli4666 Před 3 lety

      @@arnaldo8681 i know lol, I was parodying the irony of those who take economics because it's 'easy'/'mundane'/'everyone can do it', yet still meet differential equations anyway...
      Btw, in macro, or micro as well?

    • @arnaldo8681
      @arnaldo8681 Před 3 lety +2

      @@revimfadli4666 its mostly in macro, but you can find them in micro as well. In mechanism design, for example, sometimes they show up
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_design

    • @revimfadli4666
      @revimfadli4666 Před 3 lety

      @@arnaldo8681 wow thanks!

  • @PhysicsBro-xb8qx
    @PhysicsBro-xb8qx Před 3 lety +20

    I consider Differential eqn as a branch of mathematics (actually Calculus) which are very intresting and very helpful in every day life.Btw thx for this video! Good luck!

    • @mr.knight8967
      @mr.knight8967 Před 3 lety

      Why you don't see this
      czcams.com/video/RWz78wPMeEg/video.html

  • @ecsodikas
    @ecsodikas Před 2 lety

    I love how the description of the linear equation at the beginning is like 'oh here, something out of your life you can relate to.' and the description of the differential equation is like 'here, some math words.'
    Love the video. :D

  • @aaaa8766
    @aaaa8766 Před 3 lety

    I was reading about Image segmentation there we have to segment one image to another. And this is the foundation. Amazed!!

  • @donlansdonlans3363
    @donlansdonlans3363 Před 3 lety +5

    2:40 OMG I love that show. I wish there were more math related shows

    • @justinmiller129
      @justinmiller129 Před 2 lety

      It reminds me of the *_dark water in this video_* czcams.com/video/Tl5oHZrIZo0/video.html&.bfsz

  • @harshvirtomar6552
    @harshvirtomar6552 Před rokem +9

    During my time at school... Something which you can't perform outright seemed boring...but now watching yt videos getting context of what is the actual application of these equation is really fascinating...Applications were there in the textbooks but we're not at all relatable as those were some mumbo jumbo high level experiments...

  • @asniceful
    @asniceful Před 2 lety

    I guess one brilliant description for this amazing teaching/explanation is BRILLIANT!

  • @sammisomara
    @sammisomara Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you for this video. I opted out of calculus in college and always regretted it and this is the first video I’ve found that explains what differentia equations are used for without assuming the viewer already knows a ton of calculus-specific vocabulary. Thanks for helping me understand how they work a little better.

  • @enzo_softwareboi18
    @enzo_softwareboi18 Před 3 lety +71

    Haha, Zach you just had to round up gravity. LMAO!

    • @_instanze_
      @_instanze_ Před 3 lety +6

      It's the engineer in him

    • @popcorn485
      @popcorn485 Před 3 lety +6

      Round up? How do you round up from 10? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @popcorn485
      @popcorn485 Před 3 lety +1

      👍🏻 I’m perpetuating the engineering joke 😁

    • @pokemonitishere202
      @pokemonitishere202 Před 3 lety +1

      Because 10 has a round in the form of zero

    • @seriyooow310
      @seriyooow310 Před 3 lety +1

      @@_instanze_ NOOO! In civil engineering: "We don't do that here"

  • @hamza_ME_
    @hamza_ME_ Před 3 lety +41

    Zach star and 3B1B .
    Perfect!

    • @mr.knight8967
      @mr.knight8967 Před 3 lety +1

      See this man
      czcams.com/video/RWz78wPMeEg/video.html

    • @justinmiller129
      @justinmiller129 Před 2 lety

      It reminds me of the *_dark water in this video_* czcams.com/video/Tl5oHZrIZo0/video.html&.qjho

  • @mitejmadan8672
    @mitejmadan8672 Před 3 lety

    your efforts are easily visible through your eyes. great work

  • @michaelm1861
    @michaelm1861 Před 2 lety

    Wow! You actually made me excited about differential equations. Great job!!!

  • @juanbatista6598
    @juanbatista6598 Před 3 lety +17

    Really nice video! Makes me miss teaching DEs... I wish we didn't focus so much on analytic solutions, but elementary is elementary. I wish there was more money in physics based solvers, I would love to find a job where I can build physics-based models like I did back in school...

  • @t.e.fcastle1069
    @t.e.fcastle1069 Před 3 lety +54

    Nobody:
    Me: I have differential equations test in 2 hours, I think I'll watch this video right now.

    • @profprostate8683
      @profprostate8683 Před 3 lety +1

      How was it

    • @Nylspider
      @Nylspider Před 3 lety +1

      How was it

    • @t.e.fcastle1069
      @t.e.fcastle1069 Před 3 lety +3

      Oh, I did it actually pretty good I think, Hamiltonian equations are kind of pretty and easy to handle. Thanks!

    • @Nylspider
      @Nylspider Před 3 lety +3

      @@t.e.fcastle1069 gj
      I know how to differentiate but have never done work with differential equations like these :/

  • @belfonsecaa1801
    @belfonsecaa1801 Před 3 lety

    man, I love your videos, your voice and your vibe... you are amazing!!

  • @tommyhuffman7499
    @tommyhuffman7499 Před 3 lety

    Fascinating video. Thanks for your hard work!

  • @dallasdominguez2224
    @dallasdominguez2224 Před 3 lety +8

    My signals and systems course is like a kick in the face that says "hey man! Heres why you shouldve payed attention in DE!"

  • @dhiahassen9414
    @dhiahassen9414 Před 3 lety +10

    17:28 , for a moment i thought he said : "If you wanna die" .. he got me excited

  • @xe2ac
    @xe2ac Před 3 lety

    Amazingly explained, congrats!

  • @ashutoshkumarjha41
    @ashutoshkumarjha41 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for such a wonderful and awesome set induction about differential equation.

  • @DogeChow91
    @DogeChow91 Před rokem +4

    I got a B+ in differential equations this semester. It was super easy, I really enjoyed it!

  • @jaikumar848
    @jaikumar848 Před 3 lety +32

    Hi zach !Lots of engineering topic are taught without giving any inituation /application. .. I believe step by step you will cover whole engineering course and would be able to create new engineering course 😅 best of Luck. ..greetings from India

    • @Stabokb
      @Stabokb Před 3 lety

      Are you preparing for JEE Advance?

    • @jaikumar848
      @jaikumar848 Před 3 lety

      @@Stabokb I am engineering passout of 2015

    • @mr.knight8967
      @mr.knight8967 Před 3 lety

      See this man
      czcams.com/video/RWz78wPMeEg/video.html

    • @161BMW
      @161BMW Před 3 lety

      jaikumar848 which university did you go ?

    • @Stabokb
      @Stabokb Před 3 lety

      @@jaikumar848 B.Tech from IIT Madras.you?

  • @solomonokon8919
    @solomonokon8919 Před 2 lety

    I find it satisfying and scary at the same time.
    Thinking of the time and energy I have to put in to really understand the concept scares me.
    Thanks for the video. It was educating and relieving.

  • @smartchip
    @smartchip Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you so much, really great video, knowing why you do something is a must to learn something, generations of students have grown up not knowing why they learned something so gave it little effort,

  • @nagoshi01
    @nagoshi01 Před 3 lety +5

    I tried solving my own version of your equation at 2:15, but with the area = the square of the arclength. It got very messy, ended up with a very nonlinear second order diff eq that looks hard to even numerically solve. I wish more diff eq's were easy to solve analytically.

  • @malharbhende9019
    @malharbhende9019 Před rokem +7

    what is the dot product of velocity and position vectors?

  • @siddharthsingh7281
    @siddharthsingh7281 Před 3 lety +1

    This is what I needed in my whole 12th for intuition . Thanks

  • @Filaxsan
    @Filaxsan Před 3 lety

    Amazing! Great job, loved it

  • @ranballls
    @ranballls Před 3 lety +39

    I learned these a year ago and went through hell to pass the class and I’ve forgotten them all.

    • @shainav.2945
      @shainav.2945 Před 3 lety

      SAME HAHAHA

    • @abdallababikir4473
      @abdallababikir4473 Před 3 lety +1

      I learned this a year ago as well, and id Ace any first level calculus test. Your situation should not be normal

    • @shainav.2945
      @shainav.2945 Před 3 lety +4

      @@abdallababikir4473 to be fair i was never really interested in it, and i just studied just enough to pass so 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ it'd be normal

    • @justinmiller129
      @justinmiller129 Před 2 lety

      It reminds me of the *_dark water in this video_* czcams.com/video/Tl5oHZrIZo0/video.html&.enrv

  • @saeklin
    @saeklin Před 2 lety +8

    Up until Calc2, I had been a natural in math. But it stopped clicking sometime around when we were studying integrals, logarithms, and series. The nail in the coffin was the project I chose to try, which was to describe the curve of an archery bow as it was being drawn, relating the bow length, arc, and draw length or something like that. I flunked that project. I've since looked it up and found that I had bitten off more than I could chew because the related math and physics were a bit beyond what I had been studying at the time. But I didn't know that because my teacher didn't preview our project ideas to make sure we were on topic. So that's my advice to any would-be teachers reading. Be proactive with your students, ask them for updates on their semester projects and ask if they need any help. Don't just throw them in the deep end with no support.

  • @arielfuxman8868
    @arielfuxman8868 Před 3 lety

    OMG The pursuit curves were freaking awesome!

  • @phenomenalphysics3548
    @phenomenalphysics3548 Před 3 lety +1

    thank you so much. I was about to start differential equation and i needed this. ALSO we have this chapter called pair pf straight line, i cannot relate that at all to any real life situation and even though i have memorized the formulas but i cannot imagine anything at all

  • @yodajimmy2574
    @yodajimmy2574 Před 3 lety +26

    Universe: BOOM! Here's a bunch of stuff.
    Us: Cool, how's it all work?
    Universe: BOOM! Here's Differential equations.
    Me: Cool, solve mine too.

    • @mr.knight8967
      @mr.knight8967 Před 3 lety

      See here man
      czcams.com/video/RWz78wPMeEg/video.html

    • @justinmiller129
      @justinmiller129 Před 2 lety

      It reminds me of the *_dark water in this video_* czcams.com/video/Tl5oHZrIZo0/video.html&.svjx

  • @paritoshbatish9984
    @paritoshbatish9984 Před 3 lety +18

    Man if I had the same passion watching this video when I barely passed Maths.

    • @justinmiller129
      @justinmiller129 Před 2 lety

      It reminds me of the *_dark water in this video_* czcams.com/video/Tl5oHZrIZo0/video.html&.miyg

  • @sanketpatil6711
    @sanketpatil6711 Před 3 lety +1

    Suddenly this came to my recommendation!!!
    I m a biology lad but your video has increased my interest in maths now!!

  • @sulaak
    @sulaak Před 5 měsíci +1

    I wish I had CZcams when I was studying aeronautical engineering in the late 1988 to 1992. Compared to my university lecturers, Zach Star makes a differential equation look very simple

  • @carmangreenway
    @carmangreenway Před 3 lety +14

    I'm really curious where something like an exact or almost exact diffyq comes into physics. Is that not a thing?

    • @jimmyhoffmann4950
      @jimmyhoffmann4950 Před 3 lety +1

      Linear diff eqs are used for solving feedback controller gains. Just representing f=ma or t=j*theta as differential functions of joint position or linear position. Converting them to the frequency domain, you can tune the curve response shape by placing poles with pid gains. The conversion to the time domain is based on Euler’s formula where the time response can be represented as exponential sins and cosines. The weirder version of this stuff is state space control where you actually control each derivative of the diffeq

    • @jimmyhoffmann4950
      @jimmyhoffmann4950 Před 3 lety

      These are all time derivatives however

    • @carmangreenway
      @carmangreenway Před 3 lety +1

      @@jimmyhoffmann4950 that sounds a lot like Fourier analysis. I was specifically asking about exact diffyqs. I'm not sure if that's what you're getting at

    • @jimmyhoffmann4950
      @jimmyhoffmann4950 Před 3 lety +1

      @@carmangreenway huh yeah never heard of those before, should’ve looked it up before I responded. Yeah I’m talking about the Fourier transform

    • @jimmyhoffmann4950
      @jimmyhoffmann4950 Před 3 lety +1

      @@carmangreenway lol I actually remember those from a math class I took last year. I have no knowledge of there practical application, but it was an engineering math course so there probably is

  • @mahmoudfathy2074
    @mahmoudfathy2074 Před 2 lety +12

    And God said let there be dx

  • @Alex-ox9bj
    @Alex-ox9bj Před 3 lety +1

    i saw this at the end of my requirements list after calc 3 and wondered what could be more difficult than calc 3...
    thank you for scaring me.

  • @alexandermcmiller6175
    @alexandermcmiller6175 Před 2 lety

    Just learned about SIR model on Monday during an introduction to math research in my grad program. The guy who gave the talk was a probability theorist who studied math biology as one of his topics

  • @yagzsaidoglu3768
    @yagzsaidoglu3768 Před 3 lety +3

    This far too detailed and advanced for my secondary school brain

  • @pianochannel100
    @pianochannel100 Před 3 lety +4

    I got into this stuff to do fluid simulations in my computer graphics courses. This video is very informative as far as the applications go. For sure made by an engineer ahaha

  • @sakshivamp
    @sakshivamp Před rokem +1

    Best video i watched this year। Thankyou for such videos, they inspires us towards science since we come to know why we learn all these and where we will be implementing them in future.

  • @querrythis
    @querrythis Před 2 lety

    Interesting presentation. Great explaination. Helps to clear the mind

  • @voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885

    "assume we already know their path" - hilarious

    • @justinmiller129
      @justinmiller129 Před 2 lety

      It reminds me of the *_dark water in this video_* czcams.com/video/Tl5oHZrIZo0/video.html&.enfs

  • @mrstrange1062
    @mrstrange1062 Před rokem +8

    Finally i got answers which i can't get from schools and colleges

  • @sureshscribnar
    @sureshscribnar Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the Video, great job

  • @ENI232
    @ENI232 Před rokem

    I love how this was a giant segue to Brilliant. BUT it was actually the most informative introduction to Brilliant. I've seen many ad spots for it but was never interested, but through this I actually see that it has a lot to offer.

    • @carultch
      @carultch Před 11 měsíci

      Segue, not segway.

    • @ENI232
      @ENI232 Před 11 měsíci

      @@carultch gawd, i should have known that, but somehow my brain turned off at that moment. thanks for the catch