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Exercise · ZW-RUNGE-KUTTA-METHODS-001 · ★☆☆ Basic

How many stages does the classical RK4 method have?

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  • C. Four

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Explanation

RK4 computes four slopes \(k_1,\dots,k_4\) in each step, which is where its name comes from.

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Review the concept: Runge-Kutta methods

Runge-Kutta methods are families of one-step numerical schemes that approximate the solution of an initial value problem by evaluating the function \(f\) at several intermediate points within each step.

\[y_{n+1}=y_n+h\sum_{i=1}^{s} b_i k_i\]

More practice problems: runge-kutta methods

  • ZW-RUNGE-KUTTA-METHODS-002 Which Runge-Kutta method coincides with the explicit Euler method?
  • ZW-RUNGE-KUTTA-METHODS-003 What global error order does the RK4 method have?
  • ZW-RUNGE-KUTTA-METHODS-004 In an explicit Runge-Kutta method, what shape does the coefficient matrix a_ij have?
  • ZW-RUNGE-KUTTA-METHODS-005 What is the value of c_1 in any explicit Runge-Kutta method?
  • ZW-RUNGE-KUTTA-METHODS-006 For y'=2y, y(0)=1 and h=0.5, what is y_1 using Euler's method?
  • ZW-RUNGE-KUTTA-METHODS-007 A Runge-Kutta method has c_2=1/2, a_21=1/2, b_1=0, b_2=1. What is b_1+b_2?
  • ZW-RUNGE-KUTTA-METHODS-008 With y'=y, y(0)=1 and h=0.2, what is the slope k_1 in the first step of any explicit Runge-Kutta me…
  • ZW-RUNGE-KUTTA-METHODS-009 For y'=t+y, y(0)=1, what is k_1 in the first step?

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