The Butcher Group
January-31-13
11:48 AM
We regard Butcher’s work on the classification of numerical integration methods as an impressive example that concrete problem-oriented work can lead to far-reaching conceptual results.
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How wrong can you go! The right way to view it is as an impressive example that weird esoteric abstract math sometimes (even if rarely) has a concrete problem-oriented meaning.