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An Embedded 4th and 5th Order Runge-Kutta ODE Solver

Syntax
# include <cppad/runge_45.hpp>
xf = Runge45(FMtitfxi)
xf = Runge45(FMtitfxie)

Purpose
This is an implementation of the Cash-Karp embedded 4th and 5th order Runge-Kutta ODE solver described in Section 16.2 of Numerical Recipes . We use  n for the size of the vector xi. Let  \R denote the real numbers and let  F : \R \times \R^n \rightarrow \R^n be a smooth function. The return value xf contains a 5th order approximation for the value  X(tf) where  X : [ti , tf] \rightarrow \R^n is defined by the following initial value problem:  \[
\begin{array}{rcl}
     X(ti)  & = & xi    \\
     X'(t)  & = & F[t , X(t)] 
\end{array}
\] 
If your set of ordinary differential equations are stiff, an implicit method may be better (perhaps Rosen34 .)

Include
The file cppad/runge_45.hpp is included by cppad/cppad.hpp but it can also be included separately with out the rest of the CppAD routines.

xf
The return value xf has the prototype
     
Vector xf
and the size of xf is equal to n (see description of Vector below).  \[
     X(tf) = xf + O( h^6 )
\] 
where  h = (tf - ti) / M is the step size. If xf contains not a number nan , see the discussion for f .

Fun
The class Fun and the object F satisfy the prototype
     
Fun &F
The object F (and the class Fun) must have a member function named Ode that supports the syntax
     
F.Ode(txf)

t
The argument t to F.Ode has prototype
     const 
Scalar &t
(see description of Scalar below).

x
The argument x to F.Ode has prototype
     const 
Vector &x
and has size n (see description of Vector below).

f
The argument f to F.Ode has prototype
     
Vector &f
On input and output, f is a vector of size n and the input values of the elements of f do not matter. On output, f is set equal to  F(t, x) in the differential equation. If any of the elements of f have the value not a number nan the routine Runge45 returns with all the elements of xf and e equal to nan.

Warning
The argument f to F.Ode must have a call by reference in its prototype; i.e., do not forget the & in the prototype for f.

M
The argument M has prototype
     size_t 
M
It specifies the number of steps to use when solving the differential equation. This must be greater than or equal one. The step size is given by  h = (tf - ti) / M , thus the larger M, the more accurate the return value xf is as an approximation for  X(tf) .

ti
The argument ti has prototype
     const 
Scalar &ti
(see description of Scalar below). It specifies the initial time for t in the differential equation; i.e., the time corresponding to the value xi.

tf
The argument tf has prototype
     const 
Scalar &tf
It specifies the final time for t in the differential equation; i.e., the time corresponding to the value xf.

xi
The argument xi has the prototype
     const 
Vector &xi
and the size of xi is equal to n. It specifies the value of  X(ti)

e
The argument e is optional and has the prototype
     
Vector &e
If e is present, the size of e must be equal to n. The input value of the elements of e does not matter. On output it contains an element by element estimated bound for the absolute value of the error in xf  \[
     e = O( h^5 )
\] 
where  h = (tf - ti) / M is the step size. If on output, e contains not a number nan, see the discussion for f .

Scalar
The type Scalar must satisfy the conditions for a NumericType type. The routine CheckNumericType will generate an error message if this is not the case. In addition, the following operations must be defined for Scalar objects a and b:
Operation Description
a < b less than operator (returns a bool object)

Vector
The type Vector must be a SimpleVector class with elements of type Scalar . The routine CheckSimpleVector will generate an error message if this is not the case.

Example
The file Runge45.cpp contains an example and test a test of using this routine. It returns true if it succeeds and false otherwise.

Source Code
The source code for this routine is in the file cppad/runge_45.hpp.
Input File: cppad/runge_45.hpp