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Title
Systems of Clairaut type
Authors 1
Affiliations
- Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan
Abstract
A characterization of systems of first order differential equations with (classical) complete solutions is given. Systems with (classical) complete solutions that consist of hyperplanes are also characterized.
Keywords
singular solutions, complete solutions, Clairaut equation
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