tions are formed by eliminating (a) arbitrary constants or (b) arbitrary
functions.
We know that the order of an ordinary differential equation is equal
to the number of arbitrary constants to be eliminated from a relation.
In the case of partial differential equations, if the number of arbi-
trary constants to be eliminated is ...
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