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Re: numerical solution of differential equations

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Originally Posted by Hitchhiker 42 View Post
Could you explain what this means? I'm not sure I understand...
In post14 you wrote:
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I've attached your spreadsheets modified for 1/4*x^3 + 1.
I am assuming what you actually meant by that is

x(t) = 1/4*t^3 + 1

Is that correct?

If so, then in order to investigate the performance of Euler vs Midpoint numerical solution (in the context of this thread) you need to convert that to an initial value problem (IVP) consisting of a differential equation (involving only x, x', and x'') plus initial values for x(t) and x'(t) at some point t=to.



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