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SEVERAL current text-books on numerical mathematics give descriptions of what is called the ‘Bashforth–Adams’ process for the solution of differential equations. The method is usually dismissed with a statement to the effect that, since it includes no adequate checking procedure, it is of little use.
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Bashforth, F., and Adams, J. C., “An Attempt to Test the Theories of Capillary Action”, (Cambridge, 1883).
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BOOTH, A. Bashforth–Adams Method for the Numerical Solution of Differential Equations. Nature 173, 635–636 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173635b0
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