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This value is often multiplied by a “chicken factor” in a method developed by Erwin Fehlberg. A “velocity” parameter multiplies a ratio of two examples of these values to define the Courant number. Time goes to infinity while this value is fixed when evaluating systems for A-stability. A limit as this value approaches zero can be computed by Richardson extrapolation. Equations whose solutions are unstable, except when this value is extremely small, are called (*) “stiff.” A lowercase h denotes this value, which is raised (10[1])to the n-th power in the global error of an n-th order method. As this value (10[1])asymptotically (-5[1])approaches zero, Euler's method gets closer and closer (10[1])to giving the exact answer. (-5[1])For 10 points, give this name for the range in the independent variable over which numerical integration is calculated. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: step size [accept step length or step time; accept interval size or interval length or interval time; prompt on h or alpha; prompt on integration time before “integration”]
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Vivek SasseChicago B+Epic Games8310
Adam FineChicago AMaryland B-9910
Eric MukherjeeAmartya Senpai Notice MeNorthwestern100-5
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLIllinois A+10810
Taylor HarveyMojo ShojoPurdue113-5
Conor ThompsonMichiganOSU13310
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2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y667%0%33%105.75
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%0%120.67
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y367%33%33%93.50
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y367%0%33%91.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%0%91.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%33%118.00