Abstract
A procedure is examined which solves systems of linear differential equations by quadratures. A direct check shows that a necessary condition for the procedure cannot be true and hence the procedure does not work.
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Solving linear differential equations by quadratures: comments on a general procedure
Received03 May 1999
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