Function explicit_euler

maths/euler_method.py:6–41

Calculate numeric solution at each step to an ODE using Euler's Method For reference to Euler's method refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler_method. Args: ode_func (Callable): The ordinary differential equation as a function of x and y. y0 (float): The i

(
    ode_func: Callable, y0: float, x0: float, step_size: float, x_end: float
)

def explicit_euler(
    ode_func: Callable, y0: float, x0: float, step_size: float, x_end: float
) -> np.ndarray:
    """Calculate numeric solution at each step to an ODE using Euler's Method

    For reference to Euler's method refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler_method.

    Args:
        ode_func (Callable):  The ordinary differential equation
            as a function of x and y.
        y0 (float): The initial value for y.
        x0 (float): The initial value for x.
        step_size (float): The increment value for x.
        x_end (float): The final value of x to be calculated.

    Returns:
        np.ndarray: Solution of y for every step in x.

    >>> # the exact solution is math.exp(x)
    >>> def f(x, y):
    ...     return y
    >>> y0 = 1
    >>> y = explicit_euler(f, y0, 0.0, 0.01, 5)
    >>> float(y[-1])
    144.77277243257308
    """
    n = int(np.ceil((x_end - x0) / step_size))
    y = np.zeros((n + 1,))
    y[0] = y0
    x = x0

    for k in range(n):
        y[k + 1] = y[k] + step_size * ode_func(x, y[k])
        x += step_size

    return y


if __name__ == "__main__":