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9<br />

ORDINARY<br />

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS<br />

The large amount of material accumulated in the previous chapters is now directed<br />

towards the study of the convergence of approximate solutions to differential equations.<br />

Beginning w<strong>it</strong>h the simplest linear equations, we then extend our analysis to other, more<br />

complex, problems. Throughout this chapter, however, we remain focused on different<br />

techniques, rather than on solving complicated equations.<br />

9.1 General considerations<br />

Assume that I ⊂ R is a bounded open interval. W<strong>it</strong>hout loss of general<strong>it</strong>y we set<br />

I :=] − 1,1[. In fact, any other interval is mapped into ] − 1,1[ by a linear change of<br />

variables and a translation. Note that the space of polynomials Pn, n ∈ N, is invariant<br />

under these transformations.<br />

Let f : Ī → R be a given continuous function. A very simple differential equation is<br />

(9.1.1)<br />

⎧<br />

⎨ U ′ = f in ] − 1,1],<br />

⎩<br />

U(−1) = σ,

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