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Power Series Solutions Part 1: Leibniz Method

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One technique for solving differential equations is to use power series. Hopefully we remember Maclaurin series and Taylor series from our study of calculus. These will actually have an important application here, as we can use infinite sums to approximate the solutions to differential equations. This can get a little dicey, but let’s learn some tricks, such as the general Leibniz rule.

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