boundary condition

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Noun

boundary condition (plural boundary conditions)

  1. (mathematics) Any of a set of constraints that limit the solutions of a differential equation
  2. (quantum mechanics) either one of the conditions that the wave function must be continuous and that its derivative must be as well, except in the case of infinite potential

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