The factor models we're interested in use linear regression, a statistical method that fits a line through two sets of data, a dependent variable that we want to "explain," and one or more ...

Donn C. Sandell, F. Max Stein, Factorization of Operators of Second Order Linear Homogeneous Ordinary Differential Equations, The Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jun., 1977), pp.

The theoretical analysis and computational implementation of factorization-based methods for the numerical solution of linear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations are presented.