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Boundary-value problems in ordinary differential equations

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The Numerical Treatment of Differential Equations

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The basis of the finite-difference method is the replacement of all derivatives occuring by the corresponding difference quotients; this is applicable to any problem in differential equations.

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Collatz, L. (1960). Boundary-value problems in ordinary differential equations. In: The Numerical Treatment of Differential Equations. Die Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol 60. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88434-4_3

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