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Crank–Nicolson method

The Crank–Nicolson Method is a way of using math to figure out how something will change over time. It is a way of predicting the future. Basically, it takes into account how things change gradually, over time. This can be used to predict things like how weather patterns will change, how waves and tides will rise and fall, even how stock prices will change. It works by dividing the time periods into tiny pieces and then it checks how something changes from one piece of time to the next.