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The authors consider Strang's method for solving numerically the initial value problem \[ {\partial f\over\partial t} (\xi, t)= A(f)+ B(f),\quad f(\xi,0)= f_0(\xi), \] where \(A\) and \(B\) are (linear or nonlinear) operators. The solution is based on the idea that the solution of the abstract problem \[ {dY\over dt}= P(y),\quad Y(t,0)= Y_0 \] may be expressed in the form \(Y(t)= S^t_P(Y_0)\), and that if \(P= A+B\), \(S^{\Delta t}_{A+B} \simeq S^{\Delta t}_B S^{\Delta t}_A\), it is pointed out that Strang's formula \[ S^{\Delta t}_{A+B}(f_0)= S^{\Delta t/z}_B\{S^{\Delta t}_A\lfloor S^{\Delta t/z}_B f_0\rfloor\} \] is in error by \(O(\Delta t^3)\). The method is illustrated by an example where the results obtained using Strang-type splitting are compared with those obtained by conventional splitting.