Talk:Explicit and implicit methods: Difference between revisions

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...I'm also told that one only ever *uses* implicit methods when you're seeking a final steady state, since you know when you've found the right answer. This is plainly not true, but again, could someone comment on their use in strongly time-dependent systems? [[User:7daysahead|7daysahead]] ([[User talk:7daysahead|talk]]) 21:51, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

== No Exact Solution? ==

I object to the statement "In the vast majority of cases, the equation to be solved when using an implicit scheme is much more complicated than a quadratic equation, and no exact solution exists". In typical cases, an exact solution certainly exists, but there is just not a formula to compute it. The wording of the end of the sentence should to changed as to not be confusing.