PageHeader : Funkcialaj Ekvacioj, 15 (1972), $193-\dot{2}0\mathit{7}$ Title : Euler-Cauchy Polygons and the Local Title : Existence of Solutionse to Abstract Title : Ordinary Differential Equations AuthorInfo : By J. M. BOWNDS* and J. B. DIAZ AuthorInfo : (University of Arizona and Rerisselaer Polytechnic Institute) section : I. Introduction section : II. An Existence Theorem for the Initial Value Problem subsection : A. The Sequence of Partitions of $[x_{0}, \mathrm{x}_{0}+r]$ . subsection : B. Definition of the Sequence of Euler-Cauchy Polygons $\{f_{m}\}_{m=1}^{\infty}$ . subsection : C. Equal Uniform Continuity of the Sequence of Functions $\{f_{m}\}_{m=1}^{\infty}$ . subsection : D. Pointwise Compactness of the Sequence of Functions $\{f_{m}\}_{m=1}^{\infty}$ . subsection : E. Application of the Convergence Lemma. subsection : F. Existence of a Solution to the Initial Value Problem. section : References