A beam of light of wavelength \(\lambda\) falls on a metal having work function \(\phi\) placed in a magnetic field \(B\). The most energetic electrons, perpendicular to the field, are bent in circular arcs of radius \(R\). If the experiment is performed for different values of \(\lambda\), then the \(B^2 \, \text{vs} \, \frac{1}{\lambda}\) graph will look like (keeping all other quantities constant).
A differential equation is an equation that contains one or more functions with its derivatives. The derivatives of the function define the rate of change of a function at a point. It is mainly used in fields such as physics, engineering, biology and so on.
The first-order differential equation has a degree equal to 1. All the linear equations in the form of derivatives are in the first order. It has only the first derivative such as dy/dx, where x and y are the two variables and is represented as: dy/dx = f(x, y) = y’
The equation which includes second-order derivative is the second-order differential equation. It is represented as; d/dx(dy/dx) = d2y/dx2 = f”(x) = y”.
Differential equations can be divided into several types namely