I am currently reading the book "the quantum theory of light"
link: http://rplab.ru/~as/2000%20-%20R.Loudon%20-%20The%20Quantum%20Theory%20of%20Light%20-%203rd%20ed%20Oxford%20Science%20Publications.pdf
In the beginning of chapter 2.3 (page 52) is talked about an approximation method for the differential equations
$$
Vcos(wt)e^{-iw_0t}C_2(t)=i\dot{C_1}(t)\\
Vcos(wt)e^{iw_0t}C_1(t)=i\dot{C_2}(t)
$$
The approximation goes like this:
- Insert the starting conditions into the left side of the equations. (here $C_1(0)=1$, $C_2(0)=0$)
- Integrate the modified equations over time on both sides (from $0$ to $t$. So $\int_0^tdt$ on both sides). The result will be an expression for $C_1(t)$ and $C_2(t)$
- Take the expressions and insert them into the left sides of the initial differential equations.
- Integrate over time.....
If this process is done and infinitely then the result will be the exact solution of the differential equations.
My question now: Can this be proven?/ Has this been proven somewhere? I was trying to prove it myself but I was not quite able to. Is this maybe a common approximations for differential equations that is often used?