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3. Runge-Kutta 3 method (first order differential equation) example ( Enter your problem )
  1. Formula-1 & Example-1 : `y'=(x-y)/2`
  2. Example-2 : `y'=-2x-y`
  3. Example-3 : `y'=-y`
  4. Formula-2 & Example-1 : `y'=(x-y)/2`
  5. Example-2 : `y'=-2x-y`
  6. Example-3 : `y'=-y`

6. Example-3 : `y'=-y`





Find y(0.2) for `y'=-y`, `x_0=0, y_0=1`, with step length 0.1 using Runge-Kutta 3 method (first order differential equation)

Solution:
Given `y'=-y, y(0)=1, h=0.1, y(0.2)=?`

Third order Runge-Kutta (RK3) method formula
`k_1=f(x_n,y_n)`

`k_2=f(x_n+h/2,y_n+(hk_1)/2)`

`k_3=f(x_n+h,y_n+2hk_2-hk_1)`

`y_(n+1)=y_n+h/6(k_1+4k_2+k_3)`



for `n=0,x_0=0,y_0=1`

`k_1=f(x_0,y_0)`

`=f(0,1)`

`=-1`

`k_2=f(x_0+h/2,y_0+(hk_1)/2)`

`=f(0.05,0.95)`

`=-0.95`

`k_3=f(x_0+h,y_0+2hk_2-hk_1)`

`=f(0.1,0.91)`

`=-0.91`

`y_1=y_0+h/6(k_1+4k_2+k_3)`

`=1+(0.1)/6[-1+4(-0.95)+(-0.91)]`

`=0.9048`

`x_1=x_0+h=0+0.1=0.1`



for `n=1,x_1=0.1,y_1=0.9048`

`k_1=f(x_1,y_1)`

`=f(0.1,0.9048)`

`=-0.9048`

`k_2=f(x_1+h/2,y_1+(hk_1)/2)`

`=f(0.15,0.8596)`

`=-0.8596`

`k_3=f(x_1+h,y_1+2hk_2-hk_1)`

`=f(0.2,0.8234)`

`=-0.8234`

`y_2=y_1+h/6(k_1+4k_2+k_3)`

`=0.9048+(0.1)/6[-0.9048+4(-0.8596)+(-0.8234)]`

`=0.8187`

`x_2=x_1+h=0.1+0.1=0.2`

`:.y(0.2)=0.8187`

`n``x_n``y_n``k_1``k_2``k_3``x_(n+1)``y_(n+1)`
001-1-0.95-0.910.10.9048
10.10.9048-0.9048-0.8596-0.82340.20.8187





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