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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 iii Paper 15 1 a Solution by
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An integral curve of a vector field through is a smooth curve , on an interval containing zero, satisfying and . The local flow is the smoothly varying family of these integral curves of a vector field:Here is an open neighborhood of ; for the maximal local flow, its fibre over is the maximal existence interval of . Local existence, uniqueness and smooth dependence for a smooth ordinary differential equation give this family. Uniqueness also gives whenever the relevant curves and compositions are defined, and on their common domains.
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