"Transform, substitute, or discretize directly until the computational load for computer simulation drops significantly."
The direction was crystal clear.
Daniel Hayes began his analysis in earnest, his pen scratching rapidly across the paper without pause. An entire page filled with nothing but the first transformation and discrete expression of the equation.
Claire Whitaker sat beside him, watching with growing doubt. She shook her head. "This won't work. I've tried this approach before. It just gets more and more complicated as you go..."
"Let's see." Daniel didn't even look up as he flipped to a fresh sheet and continued with the next step.
Then the next step. And the next.
Over half an hour later, pages covered in dense notation sprawled across the desk.
He paused briefly, murm
