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Differential Equations · Medium problem

For dydx=y\dfrac{dy}{dx}=y, y(0)=1y(0)=1, Euler's method is used with nn equal steps over [0,1][0,1], and the error compared to the exact value y(1)=ey(1)=e is measured. Since Euler's method is a first-order method, its error is roughly proportional to the step size. If the number of steps is doubled, by about what factor does the error decrease?