D'Alembert's equation

In mathematics, d'Alembert's equation, sometimes also known as Lagrange's equation, is a first order nonlinear ordinary differential equation, named after the French mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert. The equation reads as

After differentiating once, and rearranging with , we have

The above equation is linear. When , d'Alembert's equation is reduced to Clairaut's equation.