Difference Equation

[naveed01]

What is the difference between difference equations and differential equations?
One of these types of equations are often easier to work with but there can be problems with using these, such as they generate false answers, why is that?

 

[stapel]

What is the difference between difference equations and differential equations?

What is the definition of each type of equation? What sorts of things have you done with each? What are your thoughts about this?

One of these types of equations are often easier to work with but there can be problems with using these, such as they generate false answers, why is that?

Which type did you have in mind as being "easier to work with"? What do you mean when you say that this type "generates false answers"?

Please be complete. Thank you!

 

[HallsofIvy]

That looks like a class problem designed to see if you know the basic definitions. Do you? What is a "differential equation"? What do you know about solving them? What is a "difference equation"? What do you know about solving them?