Euler method (redirected from Forward Euler method)

Euler method [′oi·lər ‚meth·əd]

(mathematics)

A method of obtaining an approximate solution of an ordinary differential equation of the formdy/dx=f(x,y), wherefis a specified function ofxandy. Also known as Eulerian description.

(mechanics)

A method of studying fluid motion and the mechanics of deformable bodies in which one considers volume elements at fixed locations in space, across which material flows; the Euler method is in contrast to the Lagrangian method.