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Now the fundamental existence and uniqueness theorem for<br />

systems of first order ODEs promises a unique "local solution",<br />

that is, a solution defined in some unspecified neighborhood of<br />

any given point s0 � I , with preassigned "initial conditions"<br />

T(s0) , N(s0) , B(s0) .<br />

Although for general systems we can only guarantee a local<br />

solution, for linear systems another theorem promises a unique<br />

"global solution", that is, one defined on the entire interval I .<br />

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