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what will be the basic definition of homogenous equation for a novice? what will be the basic definition of homogenous equation for a novice? have already seen Definition of homogeneous ODE and dint get any wiser. help me like a kid who just encountered this word "homogeneous" and is weak at maths. thank you already

The basic definition of homogeneous is that it makes no difference if you multiply every variable by some (nonzero) number $k$. If $f(x,y)$ is a function of two variables, then we'd call it "homogeneous" if $f(kx,ky) = k^df(x,y).$ In differential equations, the $d$ is usually 0. The function $f(x,y) = x^2+y^2$ is homogeneous of degree 2 because $f(kx,ky) = k^2f(x,y).$

This definition manifests itself in two ways in DE. In 1st order equations, a DE is "homogeneous" if we can write $y^{\prime} = f(x,y) = g(y/x)$. See that in this case, $f(kx,xy) = g(ky/kx) = g(y/x) = f(x,y)$.

In 2nd order equations, we call a linear DE "homogeneous" if there is no lone function of $t$. Such as $y^{\prime\prime}+4y^{\prime} + 3y = 0$. See that if you replace $y$ by $ky$ in this equation, the $k$ factors out and you can divide it away, leaving you with the equation you started with.

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