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Eigenvalues of Ordinary Differential Equations Jake Blanchard University of Wisconsin.

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1 Eigenvalues of Ordinary Differential Equations Jake Blanchard University of Wisconsin

2 Introduction Finite Difference Techniques Matlab

3 Model Problem A simple eigenvalue problem Solution

4 Finite Difference Solution

5 Choosing a Mesh Divide range 0<x<1 into 8 regions This produces 9 mesh points Boundary conditions eliminate two unknowns We’re left with 7 unknowns (the 7 internal mesh points)

6 Matrix Equation

7 Code n=7; h=1/(n+1); voffdiag=ones(n-1,1); mymat=-2*eye(n)+diag(voffdiag,1)+diag(voffdiag,-1); D=sort(eig(mymat),'descend'); lam=sqrt(-D)/h; check=lam/pi; myint=(1:n)'; plot(myint,check,myint,myint) myerr=abs(check-myint)./(myint); figure semilogy(myint,myerr)

8 Results – n=7

9 Results (error) – n=7

10 Results – n=2000

11 Results (error) – n=2000


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