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{{Short description|Mathematical method for approximating solutions to differential and integral equations}}
In mathematics, a '''collocation method''' is a method for the [[numerical analysis|numerical]] solution of [[ordinary differential equation]]s, [[partial differential equation]]s and [[integral equation]]s. The idea is to choose a finite-dimensional space of candidate solutions (usually [[polynomial]]s up to a certain degree) and a number of points in the ___domain (called ''collocation points''), and to select that solution which satisfies the given equation at the collocation points.
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