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NUMERICAL METHODS The R?ssler Attractor 5. NUMERICAL METHODS 5.0 INTRODUCTION One of the most important tasks in a study of dynamical systems is the numerical calculation of the trajectories. Thus far we have considered the integration method to be a black box into which we pop the system, initial conditions, method and time range and out pops a plot of the trajectories. Although this approach is common in courses on dynamical systems it obscures many of the pitfalls of numerical integration. It is not possible at the present state of the art to choose a ‘best’ algorithm for