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Difference Equations, Differentiation and Differential Equations

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Basic Numerical Mathematics

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Difference equations occur in many branches of science directly and also indirectly when we approximate a differential equation so that we can obtain a numerical “solution” on a digital computer.

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Todd, J. (1979). Difference Equations, Differentiation and Differential Equations. In: Basic Numerical Mathematics. International Series of Numerical Mathematics / Internationale Schriftenreihe zur Numerischen Mathematik / Série Internationale D’Analyse Numérique, vol 14. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7229-4_10

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