function demoEuler(h) % demoEuler Integrate dy/dt = t - 2*y; y(0) = 1 with Euler's method % % Synopsis: demoEuler(h) % % Input: h = (optional) stepsize, Default: h = 0.2 % % Output: A table comparing the numerical and exact solutions if nargin<1, h = 0.2; end tn = 1; y0 = 1; % stopping time and IC [t,y] = odeEuler('rhs1',tn,h,y0); % Euler integration yex = ( 2*t - 1 + 5*exp(-2*t) )/4; % Exact solution fprintf(' t y_Euler y_exact error\n'); for k=1:length(t) fprintf('%9.4f %9.6f %9.6f %10.2e\n',t(k),y(k),yex(k),y(k)-yex(k)) end fprintf('\nMax error = %10.2e for h = %f\n',norm(y-yex,inf),h);