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Martin Sleziak
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It is possible to solve a large class of ODEs by means of analog computers. Each of the pieces of the differential equation corresponds to an electronic component and if you wire them up the right way you get a circuit described by the ODE. WikipediaWikipedia has lots of information on the subject and a link like this one gives explicit examples of circuits. It's not hard to build circuits for things like the Lorenz equationLorenz equation and see a nice Lorenz attractors on an oscilloscope displayoscilloscope display.

It is possible to solve a large class of ODEs by means of analog computers. Each of the pieces of the differential equation corresponds to an electronic component and if you wire them up the right way you get a circuit described by the ODE. Wikipedia has lots of information on the subject and a link like this one gives explicit examples of circuits. It's not hard to build circuits for things like the Lorenz equation and see a nice Lorenz attractors on an oscilloscope display.

It is possible to solve a large class of ODEs by means of analog computers. Each of the pieces of the differential equation corresponds to an electronic component and if you wire them up the right way you get a circuit described by the ODE. Wikipedia has lots of information on the subject and a link like this one gives explicit examples of circuits. It's not hard to build circuits for things like the Lorenz equation and see a nice Lorenz attractors on an oscilloscope display.

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Dan Piponi
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It is possible to solve a large class of ODEs by means of analog computers. Each of the pieces of the differential equation corresponds to an electronic component and if you wire them up the right way you get a circuit described by the ODE. Wikipedia has lots of information on the subject and a link like this one gives explicit examples of circuits. It's not hard to build circuits for things like the Lorenz equation and see a nice Lorenz attractors on an oscilloscope display.