Example: Consider solving
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(2.18) |

by Euler's method. Let us choose and Let us find the value . We get
Table 1.1 |
h |
N |
y(1) |
0.1 |
10 |
0.9044E16 |
0.01 |
100 |
overflow |
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Overflow means that the largest number retainable in the computer was exceeded and in this case greater than  |