function rk4_systems(a, b, N, alpha) %function rk4_systems() approximates the solutions of systems of m %differential equations that are written in the

form %dy1/dt = f1(t,y1,y2,...,ym) %dy2/dt = f2(t,y1,y2,...,ym) %. %. %. %dym/dt = fm(t,y1,y2,...,ym) %with t in the interval [a; b] and the initial conditions are in the %m-dimensional vector alpha %as with function runge_kutta4(), the inputs are the endpoints a and b, the %number of subdivisions N in the interval [a; b], and the initial %conditions - but this time, the initial condition is a vector %The algorithmic scheme in this file was drawn from the book of Burden & Faires %Numerical Analysis, 7th Ed. %Author: Alain G. Kapitho %Date : Jan. 2006 m = size(alpha,1); if m == 1 alpha = alpha'; end h = (b-a)/N; t(1) = a; w(:,1) = alpha; %the step size %initial conditions

for i = 1:N k1 = h*f(t(i), w(:,i)); k2 = h*f(t(i)+h/2, w(:,i)+0.5*k1); k3 = h*f(t(i)+h/2, w(:,i)+0.5*k2); k4 = h*f(t(i)+h, w(:,i)+k3); w(:,i+1) = w(:,i) + (k1 + 2*k2 + 2*k3 + k4)/6; t(i+1) = a + i*h; end [t' w'] %function relating the right-hand side of the differential equation %it has to be changed accordingly to the problem at hand %in this case, the system of differential equations is: %dy1/dt = y2 %dy2/dt = -y1 - 2exp(t) + 1 %dy3/dt = -y1 - exp(t) + 1 %change it before proceeding to the command line function dy = f(t, y) dy = [y(2); -y(1) - 2*exp(t) + 1; -y(1) - exp(t) + 1];