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differential operator  

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  • In mathematics, a differential operator is an operator defined as a function of the differentiation operator. It is helpful, as a matter of notation first, to consider differentiation as an abstract operation that accepts a function and returns another function (in the style of a higher-order function in computer science). (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_operator)

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