 Local existence for a scalar autonomous ordinary differential equation with continuous vector field (source code)

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= Local existence for a scalar autonomous ordinary differential equation with continuous vector field

For continuous $\phi:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$, the initial-value problem
$$
f'(t)=\phi(f(t)),
\qquad f(0)=0,
$$
has a local continuously differentiable solution. If $\phi(0)=0$, use the constant solution; otherwise locally invert $F(x)=\int_0^xdu/\phi(u)$.

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