Method of characteristics
Channel: Jonathan Evans
Date: 03/12/2012

This video explains the method of characteristics for first order quasilinear partial differential equations. This is one of the key ideas in the UCL second year course Mathematical Methods 3 (MATH2401). For further reading (including how to solve fully nonlinear first order equations using the method of characteristics), see Ar'nold's book "Lectures on partial differential equations" or my course notes.