integrating factor

noun Mathematics.

a factor that upon multiplying a differential equation with the right-hand side equal to zero makes the equation integrable, usually by making the resulting expression an exact differential of some function.

Origin of integrating factor

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby integrating factor

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