Euler's method Definition and 74 Threads

This is a bit of a longer post. I have tried to be as brief as possible while still being self-contained. My questions probably do not have much to do with ODEs, but this is the context in which they arose. Grateful for any help. In what follows ##|\cdot|## denotes either the absolute value of...

Hi, first-time poster here I'm a student at HS-level in DK, who has decided to write my annual large scale assignment on Schrödinger's equation. My teacher has only given us a brief introduction to the equation and has tasked us to solve it numerically with Euler's method for the hydrogen atom...

George makes a paper boat with his brother Bill and goes out in the rain to play with it. It falls in the stream along the curb, racing towards the sewer. Let t be measured in seconds, p be the velocity of the paper boat in meters/second and g be George’s velocity, measured in meters/seconds...

$\tiny{2.7.2}$ 1000 (a) Find approximate values of the solution of the given initial value problem\\ at $t = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3$, and $0.4$ using the Euler method with $h = 0.1$.(b) Repeat part (a) with h = 0.05. Compare the results with those found in (a).(c) Repeat part (a) with h = 0.025. Compare...

Classical physics is difficult because it is based on differential equations, and the differential equations of interest are usually unsolvable. The student must invest a lot of time in learning difficult math, and still can only analyze very simple systems. This difficulty arises in the first...

Could someone please provide guidance on how to begin this problem? I've attached the preface to the assignment question.Show that the general solution of the differential equation y″(x)=−y(x) is y(x)=Acos(x)+Bsin(x) where A and B are arbitrary constants. Hint: You'll need the Taylor series...

Question on SIR Model and using Eulers method for approximating a solution. Given the 3 ODEs of the SIR model dS/dt = -\betaSI dI/dt= -\betaSI - \gammaI dR/dt = \gammaI Ive been asked to produce in excel Eulers method for axproximate solutions. Given some initial values for S(0) and I(0) as...

$\tiny{242t.9.1.15}$ $\textsf{Use Euler's method to calculate the first three approximations}$ $\textsf{to the given initial value problem for the specified increment size.}$ $\textsf{Calculate the exact solution. Round to 4 decimal places.}$ \begin{align*}\displaystyle...

$\tiny{9.1.14}$ $\textsf{Use Euler's method to calculate the first 3 approximations to the given initial value problem for the specified increment size.}\\$ $\textsf{ Calculate the exact solution.}$ $y'=y^2(5+5x), y(1)=-1, dx=0.2$ $y_1=$ $y_1=0.4$ $y_2=0.6268$ $y_3=1.2694$...

In my problem the linear modal is defined as the first term in the series expansion of \sin(x) so: \sin(x) = x - \frac{x^{3}}{3!}+\dots \sin(x) = x is the linear modal. So with this, I then have to write \frac{d^{2}x}{dt^{2}} = -\sin(x) as a system of x^{\prime} and y^{\prime}, so...

Can the Euler approximation method be used to solve higher order DE? I have ##\ddot x=\omega^2 x## which i rewrite as ##y''=\omega^2y##. initial conditions y(0)=0, y'(0)=1. The Euler method: ##y_{n+1}=y_n+h\cdot y'_n##. i use this to make: $$y''_{n+1}=y'_n+h\cdot...

Homework Statement Write a C program to simulate a falling object. The program should ask for the initial height of the object, in feet. The output of the program should be the time for the object to fall to the ground, and the impact velocity, in ft/s and miles/hour. Your program should use...

This is not part of my homework, but it can make my life much easier. I try to prepare the Excel file as instructed in the link, but I can not find information on how to get the correct value of Theta Dot. http://www.esm.psu.edu/courses/emch12/IntDyn/course-docs/Euler-tutorial/ I'm sorry that...

Homework Statement Hi there, I wish to use Newton's Laws in conjunction with Euler's Method to model the motion of a planet around a star.Homework Equations 2nd Law F = m*a Law of Universal Gravitation F = -G*M1*M2/r^2 The Attempt at a Solution [/B] First I combined the two laws above...

Homework Statement *I am not sure if this should be in the computer science section or here? I am trying to graph the densities, of the Lotka-Volterra prey and predator model, as a function of time, i.e. ##p(t)## vs ##t## and ##q(t)## vs ##t##. Also, the phase space, i.e. ##p## vs ##q##, but...

Hi, Apart from the Euler's method, is there any other method (with better efficiency) that can let us solve an Ordinary Differential Equation of the form \frac{dy}{dx}= f(x,y)?

Homework Statement Use Euler's method with h=0.1 to find approximate values of the solution of the initial-value problem y'+3y=7e^(4x), y(0)=2 at x=0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, ..., 1.0. Homework Equations f(x, y)=7e^(4x)-3y x0=0, y0=2 The Attempt at a Solution y(0.1)=y1=y0+f(0, 2)(0.1)=2+(0,1)f(0...

Homework Statement Consider a mass sliding down a frictionless curve in the shape of a quarter circle of radius 2.00 m as in the diagram. Assume it starts from rest. Use Euler’s method to approximate both the time it takes to reach the bottom of the curve and its speed at the bottom. Hint...

Homework Statement dx/dt= -x2-2x(1+t+t2) x(1)=2 estimate x(1.2) with h=0.2 Homework Equations Implicit Euler: I was taught that we must solve for yk+1 using Newton's method: This doesn't seem like it will work because Newton's method assumes a function of only one variable. According to...

Homework Statement Use Euler's method with h=0.05 to find approximate values for the solution of the initial-value problem y'=2x^2+3y^2-2, y(2)=1 at x=0.1, 0.2, 0.3. Homework Equations None. The Attempt at a Solution Here's my work: y'=2x^2+3y^2-2, y(2)=1 f(x, y)=2x^2+3y^2-2, x0=2, y0=1...

Homework Statement y'' + 4y' + 4y = 0 ---- y(0) = 1, y'(0) = 5 Find the exact solution of the differential equation. Use the exact solution and Euler's Method to compute Euler's Approximation for time t = 0 to t = 5 using a step h=0.05. Plot Euler's & Exact vs. t and plot Error vs. t. Then...

Homework Statement Consider the following pair of coupled first order ODEs \dot{y_{1}} = y_{2} with ##y_{1}(0) = 1## \dot{y_{2}} = -y_{1} with ##y_{2}(0) = 1## Use the Euler integration method with a step-size ##h = 1## and fill out the entries in the table below \begin{bmatrix}...

use euler's method with step size 0.1 to estimate y(0.5), where y(x) is the solution of the initial-value problem y'=y(x+1), y(0)=1. round your answer to four decimal places. this is all I've done so far $y'=y(x+1)$ $y(0)=1$ $h=0.1$ $x_{0}=0$ $y_{0}=1$ $x_{1}=x_{0}+h=0+0.1=0.1$...

When using Euler's method of integration, applied on a stochastic differential eq. : For example - given d/dt v=−γvΔt+sqrt(ϵ⋅Δt)Γ(t) we loop over v[n+1]=v[n]−γv[n]Δt+sqrt(ϵ⋅Δt)Γn. (where −γv[n] is a force term, can be any force and Γn is some gaussian distributed random variable. ) . Then if...

Homework Statement Hello, I am working on a problem involves my using the Euler Method to approximate the differential equation \displaystyle \frac{df}{dt} = af(t) - b[f(t)]^2, both when b=0 and when b is not zero; and I am to compare the analytic solution to the approximate solution when b=0...

I have a problem on which I need to apply Euler's method - EXCEPT that I don't have one of the crucial components. Question and my thoughts below: **Question:** Consider the initial value problem $\frac{dy}{dt}=\alpha t^{\alpha - 1}, y(0)=0$, where $\alpha > 0$. The true solution is...

Homework Statement dv/dt = (v+1)/10v^2 Euler method delta t = .5, t =0 and v = 1, to find v(4) Homework Equations I'm using v = v(old) + (stepsize)(dv/dt) I'm just wondering if anyone can confirm my results. My teacher said that although this seems easy over half the homework will...

how do i find the yk value?? the k, tk and mk values makes sense to me Problem #1: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/14/fe0x.jpg/ Solution manual: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/5/hu55.jpg/

Homework Statement Taking step size h = 0.2, use Euler’s Method to determine y(1.6), given that dy/dx = ln(2y+x) ; y(1)=1.2 Record your results to 5 decimal places at each step. Homework Equations N/A The Attempt at a Solution My question is to do with the method, not the...

Homework Statement http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/5578/euler.png Homework Equations y_(n+1)=y_n+f(x_n,y_n)h The Attempt at a Solution With n = 100 and step size h = 0.01, I got y_100 = 3.1515 I don't see how this is right, because the directions imply that it's supposed to be accurate...

Find the solution y = φ(t) of the given problem and evaluate φ(t) at t = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4. 1.y'=3+t-y y = φ(t)=t-2e^-t y(1)= 0+(0-2e^0)*(.1)=.8 and the correct answer is 1.19516 2. y'=2y-1 What I'm getting stuck on is do I use the formula y(n)=y(n-1)+f(t(n-1),y(n-1)h because...

Homework Statement The velocity v of a skydiver is well modeled by a differential equation: m*dv/dt = mg - k*v^2 Where m is the mass of the skydiver, g = 9.8 m/s^2 is the gravitational constant, a k is the drag coefficent determined by the position of the diver during the dive. Consider a...

Homework Statement Use Equation (1) to derive the formula: (1-a*cos(phi))/(1-2*a*cos(phi)+a^2))= 1+a*cos(phi)+a^2(cos(2phi))+a^3(cos(3phi))... Homework Equations Equation (1) is 1/(1-a(cos(phi)+isin(phi)))= 1+ [a(cos(phi)+isin(phi)]+ [a(cos(phi)+isin(phi)]^2 +...

Homework Statement consider the function f(x) = aln(x+2). Given that f'(1) = a/3, what is the approximate value of f(0.98)?Homework Equations f(x1) = f(x0) + f'(x0)x(x1-x0)The Attempt at a Solution I solved it and get f(.98) = aln(1+2) + (.098-1) = aln(3) - (.02)(a/3) <= not an answer the...

OK, my homework system says that the 0.20000 is correct... but all of my others are incorrect... Is this the correct term for the top right box?:confused: y(0.8)=y(0.4)+(\Delta{t} \times y^{\prime}(0.4)) OR y(0.8)=y(0.4)-(\Delta{t} \times y^{\prime}(0.4)) According to the 0.20000 answer...

I have been thinking about numerical methods for ODEs, and the whole notion of stability confuses me. Take Euler's method for solving an ODE: U_n+1 = U_n + h.A.U_n where U_n = U_n( t ), A is the Jacobian and h is step size. Rearrange: U_n+1 = ( 1 + hA ).U_n This method is...

Homework Statement Here is the problem The Attempt at a Solution I was able to draw the directional field and found which regions had a positive or negative slope. However I don't get what the question means by "Observe that there is a critical value of α in the interval 0 ≤ α ≤ 1 that...

Hello I have a program for Eulers method >> % Euler's Method for dy/dt = cost k = 1; y0 = 0; npoints = 500; dt = 0.01; y = zeros(npoints,1); % this initializes the vector y to being all zeros t = zeros(npoints,1); y(1) = y0; % the initial condition t(1) = 0.0; for...

Homework Statement Use EulersMethod to perform Euler's method with the given step size Δt on the given initial value problem over the time interval specified : dy/dt= (y^2)-4t , y(0)=0.5 , 0<=t<=2, Δt=0.25The Attempt at a SolutionThis is what I did but I don't think its right, because in the...

Homework Statement Use Euler's method with h = 1/2 to estimate y(1) for the IVP: y(0)=1 y'(t)=t^2-y(t) Assuming that |y(t)| \le 1 for 0 \le t \le 1 determine the value of n needed to ensure that |E_n| \le 10^{-2} Homework Equations |E_n| \le \frac{T}{L}(e^{L(t_n-t_0)-1}) The Attempt...

L is the operator. Lx=x'(t)+u(t) x(t) =0. Provided that x(t0)=x0. Before writing the matrix. The book express it out in equations. x(t0)==x0 x(t1)-x(t0)+Δt u(t0) x(t0)==0 x(t2)-x(t1)+Δt u(t1) x(t1)==0 ... Euler's method is x(t0)+Δt f[x0,t0], right? so where did the x'(t) from the...

How would one go about solving for one variable for an implicit Euler's method such as this: I am completely lost...all I know is the value of U and dT Un+1 = Un + (dU/dT)|n+1dT Vn+1 = Vn + (dV/dT)|n+1dT

Homework Statement For the second order drag model (Eq. 1.8), compute the velocity of a free-falling parachutist using Euler's method for the case where, m = 80 kg Cd = .25 kg/m Perform the calculation from t = 0 to 20 with a step size of 1 s. Use an initial condition that the parachutist...

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Homework Statement Consider the initial value problem y' = f(t,y), y(t0) = y0 where f: R x R \rightarrow R. An approximate solution to the problem can be found using Euler's method. This generates the approximation yi to f(ti) at ti = t0 + ih, i = 1,2,..., using the formula yi = yi-1 +...

Euler's method? Describe how to modify Euler's method to deal with the initial condition of y(5)=3 instead of y(0)=3. Use this on the equation y'=1+t using a time step of 0.1 and initial condition of y(5)=3 and find y(5.4) . ?? Now find the exact solution of this equation using calculus...

Hi Here's is the differential equation I need to solve using Euler's Method: v' = 5 - 0.5v^2 I need to plot the position x(t), velocity v(t) and acceleration a(t) as a function of time. v(0) is 0 I have the data for time: s = linspace(0, 12, 121) #(delta t is 0.1) But, that's about it...

y' = 3 + t - y, y(0) = 1 A) Find the approximate values of the solution of the given initial value problem at t = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 using the Euler method with h = 0.1. B) Repeat part A with h = 0.05. Compare the results found in A. I did part A correctly, but cannot get the right...

Homework Statement dy/dt = y^2-4t - y(0) = 0.5 - 0 <_ t <_ 3.0 - Change in t = 0.5 I have to use Euler's method to make a table, but I'm not sure how to handle the t. I have only done it with y's and no other variables.

Hi everyone. I was asked to learn Euler's method by myself but I was really confused with this question. How can I work out this equation by using Eulers' method (which is a method solving first order fifferencial equation with initial conditions) Given：y'=y/x, y(2)=3, use h=0.2, what is...