Differential equations

How many eggs should a bird lay to maximise the number of chicks that will hatch? An introduction to optimisation.

Can you find the differential equations giving rise to these famous solutions?

Explore the properties of this different sort of differential equation.

Dip your toe into the world of quantum mechanics by looking at the Schrodinger equation for hydrogen atoms

See how differential equations might be used to make a realistic model of a system containing predators and their prey.

Things are roughened up and friction is now added to the approximate simple pendulum

Get further into power series using the fascinating Bessel's equation.

See how the motion of the simple pendulum is not-so-simple after all.

Explore the possibilities for reaction rates versus concentrations with this non-linear differential equation

Follow in the steps of Newton and find the path that the earth follows around the sun.