PMDF User's Guide
OpenVMS Edition
PMDF-USR-VMS-6.0

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Message NEWMAIL 1                                       26-SEP-1992 10:50:43 (1)
 
Date: 26 Sep 1992 10:50:31 -0700 (PDT) (2)
From: mrochek@acme.com 
To: misha@math.stateu.edu 
Subject: Numerical methods for ODEs 
 
Misha, 
 
There seems to be something wrong with two of the numerical methods coded in 
DEQSOLVE, or at least they give results that seem wrong. 
 
                           -Mrochek 
 
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