Yes absolutely i realize now that the step size has to be miniscule! This is the paper I'm trying to simulate http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v47/i19/p1349_1
I wish I had been given a "simpler" model but alas, as all professors demand the impossible, I was given this ;p
Well I see what you...
I'm not sure I'm in the right forum but I'll try and ask anyways.
So I simulated a damped, driven pendulum in Java with the goal of showing period doubling/chaotic behavior.
But then, as I was increasing the driving force, i saw the double period born. Then the 4-period...but then suddenly...
Might as well continue this thread with some more newbie questions
I'm trying my hand at some harder stuff that's not part of my homework.
How would I find the derivative of 5x + 3*sqrt of x ? There are two x variables so 2 h differences for each?
Let f(x) = 8x^2 -7x +5. Then the quotient f(10 + h)/h - f(10)/h can be simplified to ah + b when a = ? and b = ?
I'm completely stumped on this one...I'm not even sure what they're asking!
Is it saying that when x=10, the rate of change is given by the function ah + b?
If so, why can't...