Euler method
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an explicit, first-order method for numerically solving ordinary differential equations
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- Named after
- Leonhard Euler
- Image
- Euler method.svg
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- Euler method
- discoverer or inventor
- Leonhard Euler
- computes solution to
- ordinary differential equation
- opposite of
- backward Euler method
- different from
- secant method
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Encyclopedic overview
(Figure 1) Illustration of the Euler method. The unknown curve is in blue, and its polygonal approximation is in red.
Classification
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