rk2


rk2, a C++ code which solves one or more ordinary differential equations (ODE) using an explicit Runge-Kutta method of order 2, also known as Heun's method, the explicit midpoint method, or the modified Euler method.

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

rk2 is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and codes:

rk2_test

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Reference:

  1. Catalin Trenchea, John Burkardt,
    Refactorization of the midpoint rule,
    Applied Mathematics Letters,
    Volume 107, September 2020.

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Last revised on 13 November 2024.