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The Mechanical Integration of Differential Equations*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

D. R. Hartree
D. R. Hartree*
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University of Manchester
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In recent years there has been a great development in the design and use of machines for carrying out calculations of various kinds, and this is a technical advance of some importance, not only because of the saving of time and labour in calculations which would be carried out in any case, but still more because it makes it possible to carry out extensive calculations which would be too laborious and time-consuming to undertake without such mechanical or electrical aids.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 22 , Issue 251 , October 1938, pp. 342 - 364
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1938

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Based on a paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematical Association, January 1938.

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