As nouns the difference between equation and extremal
is that equation is equation (assertion) while extremal is (mathematics) any solution to a variety of equations in the calculus of variations.
As an adjective extremal is
(mathematics) having to do with extrema.
equation
Alternative forms
* (archaic)
Noun
(
en noun)
(senseid)(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; from which one is to determine a particular quantity.
(astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.
Derived terms
(Derived terms)
* algebraic equation
* Arrhenius equation
* chemical equation
* differential equation
* Diophantine equation
* Drake equation
* integral equation
* Kepler's equation
* Lagrange's equations
* linear equation
* Navier-Stokes equation
* parametric equation
* partial differential equation
* Pell's equation
* personal equation
* polynomial equation
* quadratic equation
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* Van der Waals equation
* wave equation
Related terms
* equality
* equational
* identity
* inequation
* inequality
extremal
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(mathematics) Having to do with extrema.
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Derived terms
* (l) in a
* subextremal
Noun
(
en noun)
(mathematics) Any solution to a variety of equations in the calculus of variations
