Abstract
This paper establishes a comprehensive constructive framework for obtaining explicit analytic solutions to linear total differential equations. We introduce the concept of total differential algebraic closure KTDE, a finitely generated extension of the coefficient field that contains all necessary elements for expressing solutions to a broad class of total differential equations. The closure is constructed through a systematic tower of extensions incorporating coefficients, boundary values, fundamental solutions, and specific algebraic elements. The solution formula features meticulously derived combinatorial correction terms γ(n) m
based on Stirling numbers of the second kind, with rigorous foundation in the multivariate Fa`a di Bruno formula adapted for total differential operators. We provide complete existence proofs using the analytic implicit function theorem and develop a comprehensive algorithmic framework with detailed complexity analysis. Numerical experiments demonstrate spectral convergence for analytic solutions and confirm the necessity of combinatorial corrections for higher-order equations. The framework is carefully reconciled with classical impossibility results, showing that solutions reside in properly constructed extensions beyond elementary functions. Connections to differential Galois theory, exterior differential systems, and modern solvability theory are established.
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Title
Extension of Differential Algebraic Framework to Nonlinear Total Differential Equations: Constructive Foundations with Complete Mathematical Derivation and Validation
Description
This paper establishes a comprehensive differential algebraic framework for obtaining explicit analytic solutions to a broad class of nonlinear total differential equations (TDEs). We construct the nonlinear total differential algebraic closure KNTDE through a recursive adjunction process that systematically incorporates solutions to linearized TDEs, multi-index radical extensions, roots of unity, and nonlinear special functions. Within this closure, we prove that solutions to n-th order nonlinear TDEs with analytic coefficients admit a unified representation. The framework rigorously addresses the fundamental challenges of integrability conditions (Frobenius conditions) and the intricate combinatorial structure of nonlinear corrections inherent to total differential operators. We provide complete constructive proofs with detailed mathematical derivations, derive explicit combinatorial expressions for nonlinear correction coefficients with complete recurrence relations and asymptotic analysis, establish convergence criteria with rigorous error estimates, and present comprehensive algorithms with detailed complexity analysis and stability guarantees.
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