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The importance of differential equations in mathematics itself and in studying phenomena of the real world can not be over-estimated. The differential models of real phenomena constitute the only form which completely satisfies the modern physicist’s demand for causality. A. Einstein (1930) pointed out that “the clear conception of the differential law is one of Newton’s greatest achievements”. And R. Thom (1973) went even much further saying that: “the possibility of using the differential model is, to my mind, the final justification for the use of quantitative models in the sciences”.
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Sobczyk, K. (1991). Applications: Stochastic Dynamics of Engineering Systems. In: Stochastic Differential Equations. Mathematics and Its Applications ( East European Series ), vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3712-6_7
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