1Laboratoire de Modélisation, B.P. 119, Université Tlemcen, Tlemcen, 13000, Algérie. E-mail:
2Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65409-0020, USA. E-mail:
The aim of this paper is to present the relationship between the classical linearization and the optimal derivative of a nonlinear ordinary differential equation. An application is presented using the quadratic error.
Classical linearization, Fréchet derivative, optimal derivative, quadratic error