Abstract
When a science problem is solved with the aid of numerical computations, the solution procedure involves several steps:
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Understanding the problem and formulating a mathematical model
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Using numerical methods to solve the mathematical problems
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Implementing the numerical methods in a computer program
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Verifying that the results from the program are mathematically correct
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Applying the program to the scientific problem and interpreting the results
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Tveito, A., Langtangen, H.P., Nielsen, B.F., Cai, X. (2010). About Scientific Software. In: Elements of Scientific Computing. Texts in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11299-7_6
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