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<h1 id="solve-the-world-s-simplest-differential-equation" class="anchor">Solve the world's simplest differential equation </h1>
<h2 id="mathematical-problem" class="anchor">Mathematical problem </h2>
<p>This exercise addresses the differential equation problem</p>
$$
\begin{align}
u'(t) &= -au(t), \quad t \in (0,T], \label{ode}\\
u(0) &= I, \label{initial:value}
\end{align}
$$
<p>where \( a \), \( I \), and \( T \) are prescribed constant parameters, and \( u(t) \) is
the unknown function to be estimated. This mathematical model
is relevant for physical phenomena featuring exponential decay
in time.
</p>
<h2 id="numerical-solution-method" class="anchor">Numerical solution method </h2>
<p>Derive the \( \theta \)-rule scheme for solving \eqref{ode} numerically
with time step \( \Delta t \):
</p>
$$
u^{n+1} = \frac{1 - (1-\theta) a\Delta t}{1 + \theta a\Delta t}u^n,
$$
<p>Here, \( n=0,1,\ldots,N-1 \).</p>
<b>Hint.</b>
<p>Set up the Forward Euler, Backward Euler, and the Crank-Nicolson (or
Midpoint) schemes first. Then generalize to the \( \theta \)-rule above.
</p>
<h2 id="implementation" class="anchor">Implementation </h2>
<p>The numerical method is implemented in a Python function
<code>solver</code> (found in the <a href="https://github.com/doconce/INF5620/tree/gh-pages/src/decay/experiments/decay_mod.py" target="_self"><tt>decay_mod</tt></a> module):
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<pre style="line-height: 125%;"><span style="color: #008000; font-weight: bold">from</span> <span style="color: #0000FF; font-weight: bold">numpy</span> <span style="color: #008000; font-weight: bold">import</span> linspace, zeros
<span style="color: #008000; font-weight: bold">def</span> <span style="color: #0000FF">solver</span>(I, a, T, dt, theta):
<span style="color: #BA2121; font-style: italic">"""Solve u'=-a*u, u(0)=I, for t in (0,T] with steps of dt."""</span>
dt <span style="color: #666666">=</span> <span style="color: #008000">float</span>(dt) <span style="color: #408080; font-style: italic"># avoid integer division</span>
N <span style="color: #666666">=</span> <span style="color: #008000">int</span>(<span style="color: #008000">round</span>(T<span style="color: #666666">/</span>dt)) <span style="color: #408080; font-style: italic"># no of time intervals</span>
T <span style="color: #666666">=</span> N<span style="color: #666666">*</span>dt <span style="color: #408080; font-style: italic"># adjust T to fit time step dt</span>
u <span style="color: #666666">=</span> zeros(N<span style="color: #666666">+1</span>) <span style="color: #408080; font-style: italic"># array of u[n] values</span>
t <span style="color: #666666">=</span> linspace(<span style="color: #666666">0</span>, T, N<span style="color: #666666">+1</span>) <span style="color: #408080; font-style: italic"># time mesh</span>
u[<span style="color: #666666">0</span>] <span style="color: #666666">=</span> I <span style="color: #408080; font-style: italic"># assign initial condition</span>
<span style="color: #008000; font-weight: bold">for</span> n <span style="color: #AA22FF; font-weight: bold">in</span> <span style="color: #008000">range</span>(<span style="color: #666666">0</span>, N): <span style="color: #408080; font-style: italic"># n=0,1,...,N-1</span>
u[n<span style="color: #666666">+1</span>] <span style="color: #666666">=</span> (<span style="color: #666666">1</span> <span style="color: #666666">-</span> (<span style="color: #666666">1-</span>theta)<span style="color: #666666">*</span>a<span style="color: #666666">*</span>dt)<span style="color: #666666">/</span>(<span style="color: #666666">1</span> <span style="color: #666666">+</span> theta<span style="color: #666666">*</span>dt<span style="color: #666666">*</span>a)<span style="color: #666666">*</span>u[n]
<span style="color: #008000; font-weight: bold">return</span> u, t
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<h2 id="numerical-experiments" class="anchor">Numerical experiments </h2>
<p>Fix the values of where \( I \), \( a \), and \( T \).
Then vary \( \Delta t \) for \( \theta=0,1/2,1 \).
Illustrate that if \( \Delta t \) is not sufficiently small,
\( \theta=0 \) and \( \theta=1/2 \) can give non-physical solutions
(more precisely, oscillating solutions).
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<p>Perform experiments and determine empirically the convergence
rate for \( \theta=0,1/2,1 \).
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