isocline


Let Γ be a family of plane curves.  The isocline of Γ is the locus of the points, in which all members of Γ have an equal slope.

If the family Γ has the differential equationMathworldPlanetmath

F(x,y,dydx)=0,

then the equation of any isocline of Γ has the form

F(x,y,K)=0

where K is .

For example, the family

y=eCx

of exponentialPlanetmathPlanetmath (http://planetmath.org/ExponentialFunction) curves satisfies the differential equation  dydx=CeCx  or  dydx=Cy,  whence the isoclines are  Cy=K,  i.e. they are horizontal lines.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Differential_Equations/Isoclines_1Wiki

Title isocline
Canonical name Isocline
Date of creation 2013-03-22 18:05:52
Last modified on 2013-03-22 18:05:52
Owner pahio (2872)
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Related topic OrthogonalCurves