The funny part about differential equations is that, for a subset of them, there isn't really a systematic way to solve them. You just have to have a talent fo

The funny part about differential equations is that, for a subset of them, there isn't really a systematic way to solve them. You just have to have a talent for it. The great mathematician Ramanujan would come up with bizarre equations that worked but he didn't really provide any information as to how he got there, they just came to him from his subconscious. For example: This 1/pi equation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanujan#Mathematical_achievements http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanujan#Mathematical_achievem...