Taylor Series Derivative Approximations
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This is what I am trying to achieve:
Write a MATLAB algorithm that evaluates
y′(t) = f(y,t)
y(a) = yo
using a first order Taylor series to approximate the derivative. Test your code by setting
f(y,t) = y − t^2 + 1, with y(0) = 0.5,
and comparing your results to the analytical solution. For your records, in 150 words or less as comments in the code, report the key steps in the code and the step size used to achieve a reasonably accurate answer.
This is what I have:
syms x y t;
a=input('central point: ');
f=input('f(x)=');
v1=input('variable 1: ');
v2=input('variable 2: ');
taylor(f,[v1,v2],a,'Order',2)
So I've written an algorithm that gives the first order taylor series of an input function. I don't know how to use this to approximate the derivative. Any direction would be helpful.
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Torsten
on 11 Jan 2017
https://mat.iitm.ac.in/home/sryedida/public_html/caimna/ode/taylorseries/taylor.html
Best wishes
Torsten.
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Torsten
on 30 Jun 2024
First-order Taylor series method is equal to Euler's forward method.
For higher-order Taylor series methods, make a Google search with keywords
"Taylor method for solving ordinary differential equations"
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