> restart;

> ode:= diff(C(x),x) = -k*C(x);

d
ode := C( x ) = k C( x )
dx
> ics := C(0)=C[0];
Solve the ODE (for comparison only)
ics := C( 0 ) = C0
> dsolve({ode, ics});
( k x )
C( x ) = C0 e
> C100:=C[0]*exp(-k*100);
( 100 k )
C100 := C0 e

Modified Euler Method

> k:=.01:C[0]:=1:printf("deltat/s C/C[0] %%error
Time"):
for j from 0 to 4 do
deltat:=1/(10^j);
Ccalc:=C[0]:
icount:=0;
starttime:=time():
for i from deltat to 100 by deltat do
icount:=icount+1;
ytemp:=Ccalc*(1-0.5*k*deltat);
yprimeavg:=-k*ytemp;
Ccalc:=Ccalc+deltat*yprimeavg:
end do:
P_error:=100*(C100-Ccalc)/C100;
calctime:=time()-starttime:
printf("%8.6lf %8.6lf %8.6lf
%7.4lf\n",deltat,Ccalc,P_error,calctime):
end do:
deltat/s C/C[0] %error Time
1.000000 0.367886 -0.001679 0.0000
0.100000 0.367880 -0.000017 0.0160
0.010000 0.367879 -0.000001 0.1720
0.001000 0.367879 0.000001 1.8120
0.000100 0.367879 -0.000001 17.3290
>
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