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$C^r$ convergence of Picard’s successive approximations
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Abstract:

A simple, elementary proof of the existence, uniqueness, and smoothness of solutions to ordinary differential equations is given. In fact, it is shown that for a differential equation of class $C^{r}$, the successive approximations of Picard converge in the $C^{r}$-sense.
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Additional Information
  • Alexander J. Izzo
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
  • MR Author ID: 307587
  • Email: aizzo@math.bgsu.edu
  • Received by editor(s): October 6, 1997
  • Published electronically: February 26, 1999
  • Communicated by: Hal L. Smith
  • © Copyright 1999 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 127 (1999), 2059-2063
  • MSC (1991): Primary 34A12, 34A45
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-99-04801-7
  • MathSciNet review: 1486736