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Difficulties in evaluating differential equation software

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Russell, R.D. (1982). Difficulties in evaluating differential equation software. In: Hennart, J.P. (eds) Numerical Analysis. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 909. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0092972

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