code of euler's method

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Joaquim
Joaquim on 22 May 2014
Answered: Sandip Das on 28 Jul 2021
Hi, i follow every protocol steps for euler's method, but my results are too increased and they are not correct. Anyone could see if i´m doing anything wrong? i think it happens because my derivatives are floating too much.
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Sara
Sara on 22 May 2014
What's the expected result? What are the functions you're trying to solve?

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Accepted Answer

George Papazafeiropoulos
George Papazafeiropoulos on 23 May 2014
A simple application of Euler method:
Define the function:
function E=euler(f,a,b,ya,M)
h=(b-a)/M;
Y=zeros(1,M+1);
T=a:h:b;
Y(1)=ya;
for j=1:M
Y(j+1)=Y(j)+h*f(T(j));
end
E=[T' Y'];
end
where - f is the function entered as function handle
- a and b are the left and right endpoints
- ya is the initial condition E(a)
- M is the number of steps
- E=[T' Y'] where T is the vector of abscissas and Y is the vector of ordinates
Then run the code:
f=@(x) x^2;
a=0;
b=10;
ya=0;
M=200;
YY=euler(f,a,b,ya,M)
You can adjust your problem according to the above algorithm.
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Rachel Lee
Rachel Lee on 6 Aug 2020
How would you find the error between Euler's Method and the Exact Soln using truncation? I think we need the derivative but nothing I do seems to work.
Rachel Lee
Rachel Lee on 6 Aug 2020
%------------------------------------Functions
function [E] = odeEuler(f,a,b,ya,M)
%M is the no of steps taken
h=(b-a)/M;
Y=zeros(1,M+1);
T=a:h:b;
Y(1)=ya; %this value is 4 for this problem
for j=1:M
Y(j+1)=Y(j)+h*f(T(j));
end
E=[T' Y'];
end
%------------------------------------Executable
%goal print out three iterations of this soln
y0 = 4; %initial y value
t = [0 2 4]'; %this is our specific system of t
size = length(t);
fn = @(t)(4/1.3)*(exp(0.8*t) - exp(-0.5*t))+2*exp(-0.5*t);
dfn = @(t) 4*exp(0.8*t) - 0.5 * fn;
h = 2; err = 0; %initial conditions
a = t(1,:);%0
b = t(size,:);%4
[Soln] = odeEuler(fn,a,b,y0,h);
A = t;
B = Soln(:,2);
C = fn(t);
%producing the graph
plot(t,B,t,C);
title('Comparing Linearization Methods')
legend('Eulers Method','Exact Soln: 4/1.3)*(exp(0.8*t) - exp(-0.5*t))+2*exp(-0.5*t)')
%producing a Table with M iterations
Data = [A B C];
VarNames = {'time domain','Eulers Method','Exact Soln'};
T = table(Data(:,1),Data(:,2),Data(:,3),'VariableNames',VarNames)

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More Answers (3)

SkyRazor
SkyRazor on 23 May 2014
hello, could you please post your equation and give us some explanations?

ahmed abdelmageed
ahmed abdelmageed on 4 May 2020
function E=euler(f,a,b,ya,M)
h=(b-a)/M;
Y=zeros(1,M+1);
T=a:h:b;
Y(1)=ya;
for j=1:M
Y(j+1)=Y(j)+h*f(T(j));
end
E=[T' Y'];
end

Sandip Das
Sandip Das on 28 Jul 2021
%Published in 19th july 2021
%Sandip Das
clc
clear all
dydt=input('\n Enter the function : ');
x0=input('\n Enter initial value of x : ');
y0=input('\n Enter initial value of y : ');
xn=input('\n Enter the final value of x: ');
h=input('\n Enter the step length h: ');
i=0;
while i<xn
tempy=y0+h*dydt(x0,y0);
tempx=x0+h;
x0=tempx;
y0=tempy;
i=i+h;
end
fprintf('The value of y at t=%f is %f \n',x0,y0);

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