Algorithms for Approximating Integral and Differential Calculus


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About Differential Calculus and Ordinary Differential Equations

 

The development of numerical solution techniques for initial and boundary value problems originates from the simple concept of the Taylor expansion. Thus the building blocks for scientific computing are rooted in concepts from freshman calculus. Implementation, however, often requires ingenuity, insight, and clever application of the basic principles. In some sense, our numerical solution techniques reverse our understanding of calculus. Whereas calculus teaches us to take a limit in order to define a derivative or integral, in numerical computations we take the derivative or integral of the governing equation and go backwards to define it as the difference.
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