Solving Differential Equations on a Hand Held Programmable Calculator.
Abstract
Most scientists who occasionally have to solve numerically a differential equation now own a hand held programmable calculator which will very often be adequate. Since hand held calculators are slow, there is particular need to keep the number of function evaluations to a minimum. At first thought, this would seem to rule out use of Runge-Kutta methods, but recent developments may make them competitive after all. In the area of predictor-corrector methods, some variations make excessive use of memory locations for a hand held calculator. An analysis of such matters is made in order to advise as to good procedures to follow, including alerting the solver to methods that are seldom taught in numerical analysis courses (where the emphasis is on the use of large fast computers).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA060661
Entities
People
- J. Barkley Rosser
Organizations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison