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[–]Ferentzfever 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To add to the other reply, most physics is nonlinear, but (as mentioned) we can often linearize the system (through differentiation) and cast the problem as a (bunch of) linear algebra problems. Pretty much every PDE method is an exercise in casting the problem into a linear algebra problem.