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Euler's Method Examples

This document provides two examples of using Euler's method to approximate solutions to differential equations. The first example uses Euler's method in two steps to approximate the value of f(3), given an initial condition of f(2)=0. The second example uses Euler's method in two steps to approximate the value of f(4.4), given values for f' and an initial condition of f(4)=2.

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Euler's Method Examples

This document provides two examples of using Euler's method to approximate solutions to differential equations. The first example uses Euler's method in two steps to approximate the value of f(3), given an initial condition of f(2)=0. The second example uses Euler's method in two steps to approximate the value of f(4.4), given values for f' and an initial condition of f(4)=2.

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Eulers Method Examples

5) The curve passing through ( 2, 0 ) satisfies the differential equation


Find an approximation to f ( 3 )

dy
=4 x + y
.
dx

using Eulers Method with two equal steps.

The step size is the difference in


32
x=
=0.5
.
2

x divided by the number of steps, or

f ( 2 )=0 , f ' ( 2 )=4 ( 2 ) +0=8


f ( x + x )=f ( x ) +f ' ( x ) x

Eulers Method

f ( 2+0.5 ) =f ( 2 ) + f ' ( 2 ) ( 0.5 )


f ( 2.5 ) =0+8 ( 0.5 ) =4 , f ' ( 2.5 )=4 ( 2.5 ) + 4=14
f ( 2.5+0.5 )=f ( 2.5 ) + f ' ( 2.5 )( 0.5 )
f ( 3 ) =4+ 14 ( 0.5 )=11
6) Assume that f

'
and f

have the values given in the table. Use Eulers method with

two equal steps to approximate the value of f ( 4.4 ) .


x

4.2

4.4

f ' (x)

0.5

0.3

0.1

f (x)

x=0.2
'
f ( 4+0.2 ) =f ( 4 ) +f ( 4 ) ( 0.2 )

f ( 4.2 )=20.5 ( 0.2 ) =1.9


f ( 4.2+ 0.2 )=f ( 4.2 )+ f ' ( 4.2 ) ( 0.2 )
f ( 4.4 )=1.90.3 ( 0.2 )=1.84

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