Dr. Guy Tel-Zur Computational Physics Differential Equations Autumn Colors, by Bobby Mikul, Mikul Autumn Colors, by Bobby Mikul, Mikul Version :30

Agenda MHJ Chapter 13 & Koonin Chapter 2 How to solve ODE using Matlab Scilab

Topics Defining the scope of the discussion Simple methods Multi-Step methods Runge-Kutta Case Studies - Pendulum

The scope of the discussion For a higher order ODE  a set of coupled 1 st order equations:

Simple methods Euler method: Integration using higher order accuracy: Taylor series expansion:

Local error! Better than Euler’s method but useful only when it is easy to differentiate f(x,y)

Example Let’s solve:

FORTRAN code

Multi-Step methods

Adams-Bashforth 2 steps: 4 steps:

(So far) Explicit methods Future = Function(Present && Past) Implicit methods Future = Function(Future && Present && Past)

Let’s calculate dy/dx at a mid way between lattice points: Rearrange: This is a recursion relation! Let’s replace:

A simplification occurs if f(x,y)=y*g(x), then the recursion equation becomes: An example, suppose g(x)=-x y n+1 =(1-x n h/2)/(1+x n+1 h/2)y n This can be easily calculated, for example: Calculate y(x=1) for h=0.5 X0=0, y(0)=1 X1=0.5, y(0.5)=? x2=1.0, y(1.0)=?

The solution:

Predictor-Corrector method

Runge-Kutta

Proceed to: Physics examples: Ideal harmonic oscillator – section

Physics Project – The pendulum, 13.7 I use a modified the C++ code from: fout.close  fout.close() Demo on folder: C:\Users\telzur\Documents\BGU\Teaching\ComputationalPhysics\2011A\Lectures\05\CPP

ODEs in Matlab function dydt = odefun(t,y) a=0.001; b=1.0; dydt -=b*t*sin(t)+a*t*t; function dydt = odefun(t,y) a=0.001; b=1.0; dydt -=b*t*sin(t)+a*t*t; Usage: [t1, 100],0); Plot(t1,y1,’r’); hold on plot(t2,y2,’b’); hold off Usage: [t1, 100],0); Plot(t1,y1,’r’); hold on plot(t2,y2,’b’); hold off Demo folder: Users\telzur\Documents\BGU\Teaching\ComputationalPhysics\2011A\Lectures\05\Matlab

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Parallel tools for Multi-Core and Distributed Parallel Computing

In preparation Parallel execution A new function (parallel_run) allows parallel computations and leverages multicore architectures and their capacities. Parallel execution A new function (parallel_run) allows parallel computations and leverages multicore architectures and their capacities.

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