Riccati equation

[ ri-kah-tee; Italian reek-kah-tee ]
/ rɪˈkɑ ti; Italian rikˈkɑ ti /

noun Mathematics.

a differential equation, dy/dx + fy2 + gy + h = 0, where f, g, and h are functions of x.

Origin of Riccati equation

named after J. F. Riccati (1676–1754), Italian mathematician