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Many investigations start with linear models, in which the effects are assumed to be always proportional to their causes. This assumption greatly simplifies the problem since it enables a superposition of all relevant elementary cases, which are normally well handled by physical modeling and mathematical treatment [218]. In addition, most of the more advanced problems in scientific calculations require the solution of only linear systems, having real or complex coefficients, often of very large dimensions [219]. However, strictly speaking, proportional phenomena do not exist in the real world.
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Jia, J. (2014). Nonlinear Dynamics. In: Essentials of Applied Dynamic Analysis. Risk Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37003-8_15
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