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Integrator Lab: Solving First Order ODEs in MATLAB
This lab will teach you to numerically solve first order ODEs using a built in MATLAB integrator, ode45. ode45 is a good, general purpose tool for integrating first order equations (and first order systems). It is not always the right algorithm, but it is usually the right algorithm to try first.
You will learn how to use the ode45 routine, how to interpolate between points, and how MATLAB handles data structures.
Opening the m-file lab2.m in the MATLAB editor, step through each part using cell mode to see the results.
Compare the output with the PDF, which was generated from this m-file.
There are six exercises in this lab that are to be handed in at the end of the lab. Write your solutions in the template, including appropriate descriptions in each step. Save the .m file and submit it online using Quercus.
Student Information
Student Name: Mustafa Khan
Student Number: 1006717037
Set up an inline function representation of an ODE and solve it
MATLAB has many built in routines for solving differential equations of the form y' = f(t,y)
We will solve them using ode45, a high precision integrator. To do this, we will need to construct an inline function representation of f, an initial condition, and specify how far we want MATLAB to integrate the problem. Once we have set these, we pass the information to ode45 to get the solution.
For a first example, we will solve the initial value problem
y' = y, y(0) = 1
which has as its answer y = e^t.
• Set up the right hand side of the ODE as an inline function f = @(t,y) y;
• The initial conditions
t0 = 0;
y0 = 1;
• The time we will integrate until t1 = 2;
soln = ode45(f, [t0, t1], y0);
Examining the output
When we execute the ode45, it returns a data structure, stored in soln. We can see the pieces of the data structure with a display command:
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disp(soln);
solver: 'ode45'
extdata: [1×1 struct]
x: [0 0.2000 0.4000 0.6000 0.8000 1 1.2000 1.4000 1.6000 1.8000 2]
y: [1 1.2214 1.4918 1.8221 2.2255 2.7183 3.3201 4.0552 4.9530 6.0496 7.3891] stats: [1×1 struct]
idata: [1×1 struct]
Understanding the components of the solution data structure
The most important elements of the data structure are stored in the x and y components of the structure; these are vectors. Vectors x and y contain the points at which the numerical approximation to the initial value problem has been computed. In other words, y(j) is the approximate value of the solution at x(j).
NOTE: Even though we may be studying a problem like u(t) or y(t), MATLAB will always use x for the independent variable and y for the dependent variable in the data structure.
Pieces of the data structure can be accessed using a period, as in C/C++ or Java. See the examples below:
• Display the values of |t| at which |y(t)| is approximated fprintf(' Vector of t values: ');
Vector of t values:
disp(soln.x);
0 0.2000 0.4000 0.6000 0.8000 1.0000 1.2000 1.4000 1.6000 1.8000 2.0000
• Display the the corresponding approximations of |y(t)| fprintf(' Vector of y values: ');
Vector of y values:
disp(soln.y);
1.0000 1.2214 1.4918 1.8221 2.2255 2.7183 3.3201 4.0552 4.9530 6.0496 7.3891
• Display the approximation of the solution at the 3rd point: fprintf(' Third element of the vector of t values: %g\n',soln.x(3));
Third element of the vector of t values: 0.4
fprintf(' Third element of the vector of y values: %g\n',soln.y(3));
Third element of the vector of y values: 1.49182
Visualizing and comparing the solution
We can now visualize the solution at the computed data points and compare with the exact solution.
• Construct the exact solution tt = linspace(0,2,50);
yy = exp(tt);
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• Plot both on the same figure, plotting the approximation with x's plot(tt, yy, soln.x, soln.y, 'x', 'MarkerSize',10, 'LineWidth', 2);
• NOTE: the MarkerSize and LineWidth are larger than their defaults of 6
• and 1, respectively. This makes the print out more readable.
• Add a label to the axis and a legend
xlabel('t');
title('Solution Of dy/dt = y, y(0) = 1'); legend('Exact', 'Numerical','Location','Best');
Exercise 1
Objective: Solve an initial value problem and plot both the numerical approximation and the corresponding exact solution.
Details: Solve the IVP
y' = y tan t + sin t, y(0) = -1/2
from t = 0 to t = pi.
Compute the exact solution (by hand), and plot both on the same figure for comparison, as above.
Your submission should show the construction of the inline function, the use of ode45 to obtain the solution, a construction of the exact solution, and a plot showing both. In the comments, include the exact solution.
Label your axes and include a legend.
% Set up the right hand side of the ODE as an inline function
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f = @(t,y) y .* tan(t) + sin(t);
• The initial conditions t0 = 0;
y0 = -(1/2);
• The time we will integrate until t1 = pi;
soln = ode45(f, [t0, t1], y0);
• Examining the output disp(soln);
solver: 'ode45'
extdata: [1×1 struct]
x: [1×17 double]
y: [1×17 double]
stats: [1×1 struct]
idata: [1×1 struct]
• Display the values of |t| at which |y(t)| is approximated fprintf(' Vector of t values: ');
Vector of t values:
disp(soln.x);
Columns
1 through 11
0
0.3142
0.6283
0.9425
1.2566
1.2881
1.3195
1.4765
1.5177
1.5588
1.6491
Columns
12 through 17
1.7455
2.0597
2.3739
2.6880
3.0022
3.1416
• Display the the corresponding approximations of |y(t)| fprintf(' Vector of y values: ');
Vector of y values:
disp(soln.y);
Columns
1 through 11
-0.5000
-0.4755
-0.4045
-0.2939
-0.1545
-0.1395
-0.1243 -0.0471 -0.0266 -0.0060
0.0391
Columns
12 through 17
0.0869
0.2348
0.3597
0.4494
0.4951
0.5000
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%Visualizing and comparing the solution
• By using the method of integrating factor and multiplying the ODE in
• stanard form by mu(x) = cos(x), you get the solution shown in yy.
tt = linspace(0,pi,50);
yy = (sin(tt).^2 ./ (2.*cos(tt))) - (1 ./ (2.*cos(tt)));
• Plot both on the same figure, plotting the approximation with x's plot(tt, yy, soln.x, soln.y, 'x', 'MarkerSize',10, 'LineWidth', 2);
• NOTE: the MarkerSize and LineWidth are larger than their defaults of 6
• and 1, respectively. This makes the print out more readable.
• Add a label to the axis and a legend
xlabel('t');
ylabel('y');
title('Solution Of dy/dt = y tan t + sin t, y(0) = -1/2'); legend('Exact', 'Numerical','Location','Best');
Computing an approximation at a specific point
As you should be able to see by examining soln.x, ode45 returns the solution at a number of points between t0 and t1. But sometimes we want to know the solution at some intermediate point.
To obtain this value, we need to interpolate it in a consistent way. Fortunately, MATLAB provides a convenient function, deval, specifically for this.
% Compute the solution at t = .25:
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deval(soln, .25)
ans = -0.4845
% Compute the solution at t = 1.6753:
fprintf(' Solution at 1.6753: %g\n', deval(soln, 1.6753));
Solution at 1.6753: 0.0521587
• Compute the solution at 10 grid points between .45 and 1.65: tinterp = linspace(.45, 1.65, 10);
deval(soln, tinterp)
ans = 1×10
-0.4502 -0.4173 -0.3770 -0.3300 -0.2771 -0.2193 -0.1577 -0.0932
% Alternatively:
deval(soln, linspace(.45, 1.65, 10))
ans = 1×10
-0.4502 -0.4173 -0.3770 -0.3300 -0.2771 -0.2193 -0.1577 -0.0932
Exercise 2
Objective: Interpolate a solution at a number of grid points
Details: For the solution you computed in exercise 1, use deval to compute the interpolated values at 10 grid points between 2 and 3.
• Compute the solution at 10 grid points between .45 and 1.65: tinterp = linspace(2, 3, 10);
deval(soln, tinterp)
ans = 1×10
0.2081
0.2572
0.3032
0.3454
0.3833
0.4166
0.4447
0.4673
Errors, Step Sizes, and Tolerances
As you may have noticed, in contrast to the IODE software, at no point do we set a step size for our solution.
Indeed, the step size is set adaptively to conform to a specified error tolerance.
Roughly speaking, given the solution at (t_j, y_j), ode45 computes two approximations of the solution at
t_{j+1} = t_j + h; one is of greater accuracy than the other. If the difference is below a specified tolerance, the step is accepted and we continue. Otherwise the step is rejected and the smaller step size, h, is used; it is often halved.
We can compute the global truncation error at each solution point, figure out the maximum error, and visualize this error (on a linear-log scale):
• Compute the exact solution yexact = exp(soln.x);
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• Compute the point-wise error; note the use of MATLAB's vectorization err = abs(yexact - soln.y);
disp(err);
Columns
1 through 11
1.5000
1.8446
2.2790
2.8602
3.6681
3.7652
3.8658
4.4249
4.5882
4.7592
5.1634
Columns
12 through 17
5.6421
7.6088
10.3790
14.2530
19.6341
22.6407
fprintf('maximum error: %g \n', max(err));
maximum error: 22.6407
semilogy(soln.x, err, 'LineWidth', 2);
xlabel('t');
title('Error Of Numerical Solution');
ylabel('error');
Exercise 3
Objective: Examine the error of a solution generated by ode45
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Details: For your solution to exercise 1, compute the point-wise error, identify the maximum value of the error, and visualize the error on a linear-log plot (use semilogy to plot the log of the error vs. t). Write in the comments where the error is largest, and give a brief (1-2 sentences) explanation of why it is largest there. Make sure to label your axes.
% Compute the exact solution
yexact = (sin(soln.x).^2 ./ (2.*cos(soln.x))) - (1 ./ (2.*cos(soln.x)));
• Compute the point-wise error; note the use of MATLAB's vectorization err = abs(yexact - soln.y);
disp(err);
1.0e-04 *
Columns 1 through 11
0 0.0001 0.0006 0.0021 0.0070 0.0077 0.0087 0.0230 0.0408 0.1807 0.0254
Columns 12 through 17
0.0114 0.0068 0.0055 0.0047 0.0043 0.0043
fprintf('maximum error: %g \n', max(err));
maximum error: 1.8068e-05
semilogy(soln.x, err, 'LineWidth', 2);
xlabel('t');
title('Error Of Numerical Solution For dy/dt = y tan t + sin t, y(0) = -1/2'); ylabel('error');
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The reason there is a large error around 1.5 (roughly equal to pi/2) is because the original ODE contains a tan(t) term. We know that tan(pi/2) is undefined as there is a vertical asymptote there. For values of t < pi/2, this means tan(t) is a really large positive number (tending towards positive infinity) while for t > pi/2 tan(t) is a really large negative number (tending towards negative infinity). Since ode45 and numerical solvers of the sort work in steps, this large discrepancy in values must mean that the numerical approximation about pi/2 is not similar to the exact answer. Therefore, the error of the numerical solution about t=1.5 is high.
Exercise 4
Objective: Solve and visualize a nonlinear ode using ode45
Details: Solve the IVP
y' = 1 / y^2 , y(1) = 1
from t=1 to t=10 using ode45. Find the exact solution and compute the maximum point-wise error. Then plot the approximate solution and the exact solution on the same axes.
Your solution should show the definition of the inline function, the computation of its solution in this interval, the computation of the exact solution at the computed grid points, the computation of the maximum error, and a plot of the exact and approximate solutions. Your axes should be appropriately labeled and include a legend.
• Set up the right hand side of the ODE as an inline function g = @(t,y) 1/(y.^2);
• The initial conditions
t0 = 1;
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y0 = 1;
• The time we will integrate until t1 = 10;
g_soln = ode45(g, [t0, t1], y0);
• Examining the output disp(g_soln);
solver: 'ode45'
extdata: [1×1 struct]
x: [1 1.2010 2.1010 3.0010 3.9010 4.8010 5.7010 6.6010 7.5010 8.4010 9.3010 10]
y: [1 1.1703 1.6248 1.9119 2.1319 2.3139 2.4711 2.6105 2.7364 2.8516 2.9583 3.0361] stats: [1×1 struct]
idata: [1×1 struct]
• Display the values of |t| at which |y(t)| is approximated
fprintf(' Vector of t values: ');
Vector of t values:
disp(g_soln.x);
Columns 1 through 11
1.0000 1.2010 2.1010 3.0010 3.9010 4.8010 5.7010 6.6010 7.5010 8.4010 9.3010
Column 12
10.0000
• Display the the corresponding approximations of |y(t)| fprintf(' Vector of y values: ');
Vector of y values:
disp(g_soln.y);
Columns 1 through 11
1.0000 1.1703 1.6248 1.9119 2.1319 2.3139 2.4711 2.6105 2.7364 2.8516 2.9583
Column 12
3.0361
%Visualizing and comparing the solution
• By using the method of seperable variables and plugging in the initial
• conditions, we observe that the solution to the ODE is in gg.
gg = ((3.*g_soln.x -2).^(1/3));
% Plot both on the same figure, plotting the approximation with x's
plot(g_soln.x, gg, g_soln.x, g_soln.y, 'x', 'MarkerSize',10, 'LineWidth', 2);
• NOTE: the MarkerSize and LineWidth are larger than their defaults of 6
• and 1, respectively. This makes the print out more readable.
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• Add a label to the axis and a legend xlabel('t');
ylabel('y');
title('Solution Of dy/dt = 1 / y^2 , y(1) = 1'); legend('Exact', 'Numerical','Location','Best');
• Compute the point-wise error; note the use of MATLAB's vectorization err = abs(gg - g_soln.y);
disp(err);
Columns 1 through 11
0 0.0000 0.0017 0.0012 0.0010 0.0008 0.0007 0.0007 0.0006 0.0006 0.0005
Column 12
0.0005
fprintf('maximum error: %g \n', max(err)); %Max Error: 0.0017188
maximum error: 0.0017118
Exercise 5
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Objective: Solve and visualize an ODE that cannot be solved by hand with ode45.
Details: Solve the IVP
y' = 1 - t y / 2, y(0) = -1
from t=0 to t=10.
Your solution should show you defining the inline function, computing the solution in this interval, and plotting it.
Your axes should be appropriately labeled
• Set up the right hand side of the ODE as an inline function h = @(t,y) 1 - t.*y/2;
• The initial conditions
t0 = 0;
y0 = -1;
• The time we will integrate until t1 = 10;
h_soln = ode45(h, [t0, t1], y0);
• Examining the output disp(h_soln);
solver: 'ode45'
extdata: [1×1 struct]
x: [1×17 double]
y: [1×17 double]
stats: [1×1 struct]
idata: [1×1 struct]
• Display the values of |t| at which |y(t)| is approximated fprintf(' Vector of t values: ');
Vector of t values:
disp(h_soln.x);
Columns 1 through 11
0 0.2010 1.2010 2.2010 2.8484 3.4958 4.1908 4.8541 5.5174 6.1322 6.7254
Columns 12 through 17
7.3112 7.8898 8.4591 9.0172 9.5631 10.0000
• Display the the corresponding approximations of |y(t)| fprintf(' Vector of y values: ');
Vector of y values:
disp(h_soln.y);
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Columns
1 through 11
-1.0000
-0.7904
0.2527
0.7541
0.7677
0.6727
0.5530
0.4610
0.3939
0.3477
0.3130
Columns
12 through 17
0.2853
0.2627
0.2438
0.2278
0.2141
0.2043
%Visualizing the solution
plot(h_soln.x, h_soln.y,'LineWidth', 2);
• Add a label to the axis and a legend xlabel('t');
ylabel('y');
title('Plot Of Solution For dy/dt = 1 - t y / 2, y(0) = -1') legend('Numerical','Location','Best');
Exercise 6 - When things go wrong
Objective: Solve an ode and explain the warning message
Details: Solve the IVP:
y' = y^3 - t^2, y(0) = 1
from t=0 to t=1.
Your solution should show you defining the inline function, and computing the solution in this interval.
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If you try to plot the solution, you should find that the solution does not make it all the way to t = 1.
In the comments explain why MATLAB generates the warning message that you may see, or fails to integrate all the way to t=1. HINT: Try plotting the direction field for this with IODE.
• Set up the right hand side of the ODE as an inline function j = @(t,y) y.^3 - t.^2;
• The initial conditions
t0 = 0;
y0 = 1;
• The time we will integrate until t1 = 1;
j_soln = ode45(j, [t0, t1], y0);
Warning: Failure at t=5.066046e-01. Unable to meet integration tolerances without reducing the step size below the smallest value allowed (1.776357e-15) at time t.
• Examining the output disp(j_soln);
solver: 'ode45'
extdata: [1×1 struct]
x: [1×79 double]
y: [1×79 double]
stats: [1×1 struct]
idata: [1×1 struct]
• Display the values of |t| at which |y(t)| is approximated fprintf(' Vector of t values: ');
Vector of t values:
disp(j_soln.x);
Columns 1 through 11
0
0.1000
0.2000
0.3000
0.4000
0.4359
0.4719
0.4778
0.4837
0.4925
0.5013
Columns 12 through 22
0.5021
0.5028
0.5043
0.5055
0.5058
0.5061
0.5062
0.5064
0.5064
0.5065
0.5065
Columns 23 through 33
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
Columns 34 through 44
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
Columns 45 through 55
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
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Columns 56 through 66
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
Columns
67
through 77
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
0.5066
Columns
78
through 79
0.5066 0.5066
• Display the the corresponding approximations of |y(t)| fprintf(' Vector of y values: ');
Vector of y values:
disp(j_soln.y);
1.0e+07
*
Columns 1 through 11
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
Columns 12 through 22
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
Columns 23 through 33
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0001
0.0001
0.0001
Columns 34 through 44
0.0001
0.0001
0.0002
0.0002
0.0002
0.0003
0.0004
0.0004
0.0005
0.0009
0.0009
Columns 45 through 55
0.0010
0.0013
0.0019
0.0022
0.0028
0.0033
0.0042
0.0049
0.0061
0.0073
0.0096
Columns 56
through 66
0.0110
0.0134
0.0162
0.0220
0.0248
0.0291
0.0360
0.0529
0.0572
0.0628
0.0750
Columns 67
through 77
0.0991
0.1138
0.1378
0.1680
0.2341
0.2599
0.2966
0.4004
0.5258
0.7331
0.8982
Columns 78
through 79
1.2709
1.9470
%Visualizing the solution
plot(j_soln.x, j_soln.y,'LineWidth', 2);
• Add a label to the axis and a legend xlabel('t');
ylabel('y');
title('Plot Of Solution For dy/dt = y^3 - t^2, y(0) = 1')
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legend('Numerical','Location','Best');
Notice how the plot of the numerical solution is convex or tends towards positive infinity at around t=0.5. Therefore, a solution cannot be found due to this behaviour as ode45 cannot produce step sizes small enough to accomodate for a rapidly increasing y value. Furthermore, as we can see in the iode plot of the ODE, within the given interval of 0 to 1, the ODE diverges to positive infinity at the given initial conditions. If the intiial conditions were a bit different, it could also potentially diverge to negative infinity. This is why the numerical solver could not approximate a solution as the ODE blows up in value and so an error was raised.
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