JGWeissman comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (2010-2011) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JGWeissman 17 December 2010 08:34:25PM 1 point [-]

There was this eerie confusion as I first thought that those functions were just a possible solution, and then realized that they described the only solutions.

Of course, you mean they are the only solutions that satisfy certain initial conditions.

Comment author: drc500free 17 December 2010 08:50:12PM 1 point [-]

Well, that they are the family of solutions, allowing for various transformations.

*-Disclaimer, I haven't looked at a differential equation in 6 years.