Numeric approxiamtions

Or, we could have Mathematica do all the nasty approximations behind our backs and use NDSolve:

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This error message is a warning that you can't trust this approximation beyond about [Graphics:../Images/index_gr_239.gif].  To fix that, you must increase the maximum number of steps (which will take longer to compute):

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Now, as before:

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You had better pay attention to this warning.  What is the problem?  We told NDSolve to solve on the domain [Graphics:../Images/index_gr_250.gif], not for negative t.  This is something you need to watch out for.


Converted by Mathematica      July 20, 2003