Automatically Invoke NDSolve if DSolve Fails 

N[DSolve[]] invokes NDSolve if symbolic evaluation with DSolve fails.

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Obtain a numerical solution with higher precision.

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Obtain a numerical solution for an ODE with symbolic parameters.

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