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Jaydan Aguirre

Jaydan Aguirre

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2022-07-04

The problem is of the following form: d r d t = f ( r ), so 1 f ( r ) d r = d t. My goal is to get some r(t) from this differential equation by numerically integrating this, that is, a value for r at every t. The conditions are r ( 0 ) = r 0 and r ( ) = . The problem I run into is that I am not quite sure what the limits would be to get such values for r(t). Any suggestions on where to go from this would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

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Sariah Glover

Sariah Glover

Beginner2022-07-05Added 16 answers

First of all, this is a first order problem, you do not get to fix two conditions, only one. Once you choose r ( 0 ) = r 0 , the solution is determined for all t and it may or may not satisfy r ( ) = . The simplest method you can use is Euler's method: you choose equally spaced points t 0 , t 1 = t 0 + h , t 2 = t 0 + 2 h , and build the sequence
{ R 0 = r ( t 0 ) = r 0 R n + 1 = R n + h f ( R n )
Naturally, R i will be the approximate value of r ( t i ). You may have to use very small h for precise results but it has the advantage of being very easy to implement. If you want more accurate methods, you may want to lookup Runge-Kutta methods.
In terms of the integral form of the equation this corresponds to say that
r ( t + h ) = r ( t ) + t t + h f ( r ( s ) ) d s r ( t ) + h f ( r ( t ) ) .

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