1. all terms before y'', y', y, etc. are continuous 2. term before y'' \=/ 0 3. if x \= x0 is in the interval
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Homogeneous
L(y) \= 0
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nonhomogeneous
L(y) \= g(x)
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linearly dependent
there exist constants c1, c2, ..., not all zero such that c1y1 + c2y2 \=0
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Wronskian
a mathematical determinant whose first row consists of n functions of x and whose following rows consist of the successive derivatives of these same functions with respect to x