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Differential equations - practical methods of numerical solution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

R. V. W. Murphy
R. V. W. Murphy*
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The most basic problem with differential equations is that of being given an equation that can be put into the form

and one pair of solution values x = x0, y = y0, from which to find either an algebraic form of its solution or the numerical value of y corresponding to a particular value of x. This can most conveniently be interpreted as finding, out of the infinity of solution curves to (1.1), an equation for the unique curve that passes through the point (x0, y0) or calculating the coordinates of one particular point on that curve.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 91 , Issue 521 , July 2007 , pp. 227 - 234
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2007

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