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Section: Numerical Methods
function [t,y] = ode45(f,tspan,y0,options,varargin) function SOL = ode45(f,tspan,y0,options,varargin)
ode45 is a solver for ordinary differential equations and initial value problems. To solve the ODE
y'(t) = f(t,y) y(0) = y0
over the interval tspan=[t0 t1], you can use ode45. For example, to solve the ode
y' = y y(0) = 1
whose exact solution is y(t)=exp(t), over the interval t0=0, t1=3, do
--> [t,y]=ode45(@(t,y) y,[0 3],1) t = Columns 1 to 7 0 0.0030 0.0180 0.0930 0.3930 0.6930 0.9930 Columns 8 to 14 1.2930 1.5930 1.8930 2.1930 2.4930 2.7930 3.0000 y = 1.0000 1.0030 1.0182 1.0975 1.4814 1.9997 2.6993 3.6437 4.9185 6.6392 8.9620 12.0975 16.3299 20.0854
If you want a dense output (i.e., an output that also contains an interpolating spline), use instead
--> SOL=ode45(@(t,y) y,[0 3],1) SOL = x: 1x14 double array y: 1x14 double array xe: ye: ie: solver: generic_ode_solver interpolant: 1x1 functionpointer array idata: 1x1 struct array
You can view the result using
plot(0:0.01:3,deval(SOL,0:0.01:3))
You will notice that this function is available for "every" value of t, while
plot(t,y,'o-')
is only available at a few points.
The optional argument 'options' is a structure. It may contain any of the following fields:
'AbsTol' - Absolute tolerance, default is 1e-6. 'RelTol' - Relative tolerance, default is 1e-3. 'MaxStep' - Maximum step size, default is (tspan(2)-tspan(1))/10 'InitialStep' - Initial step size, default is maxstep/100 'Stepper' - To override the default Fehlberg integrator 'Events' - To provide an event function 'Projection' - To provide a projection function
The varargin is ignored by this function, but is passed to all your callbacks, i.e., f, the event function and the projection function.
==Event Function==
The event function can be used to detect situations where the integrator should stop, possibly because the right-hand-side has changed, because of a collision, etc...
An event function should look like
function [val,isterminal,direction]=event(t,y,...)
The return values are:
val - the value of the event function. isterminal - whether or not this event should cause termination of the integrator. direction - 1=upcrossings only matter, -1=downcrossings only, 0=both.
== Projection function ==
For geometric integration, you can provide a projection function which will be called after each time step. The projection function has the following signature:
function yn=project(t,yn,...);
If the output yn is very different from the input yn, the quality of interpolation may decrease.