Use Euler's method to approximate the solution for the following initial value problem.
$y'=te^{3t}-2y, 0\le t \le 1, y(0)=0 \text{ with } h=0.5$
$h$ is the step size
The initial condition is
$$ y(0)=0 \Rightarrow w_0=0 \\ t_0=0\\ \text{thus}\\ w_1=w_0+h(t_{0}e^{3t_0}-2w_0) \\ 0+0.5[(0)e^{3(0)}-2(0) =0 \\ t=a+ih \text{
common distance} \\ t_1=.5 $$
From this we can create this Table:
\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
i& t_i & w_i & y(t_i) \\ \hline
0 & 0&0 &0\\ \hline
1 & .5&0 &\\ \hline
2& 1& 1.2&\\ \hline
\end{array}
To find the the actual solutions requires one to solve the ordinary differential equation IVP problem.
A 1st order linear ODE has the form $$y'(x)+p(x)y=q(x) \\ y(x) =\frac{ \int e^{\int p(x)dx}q(x)dx+C}{e^{\int p(x) dt}} \\ \frac{ \int e^{\int p(x)dx}q(x)dx+C}{e^{\int p(x) dx}} $$ $$\frac{ \int e^{\int 2dt}e^{3t}tdt+C}{e^{\int 2 dt}} \\ \frac {\int e^{5t}tdt}{e^{2t}} = \frac{te^{3t}}{5}-\frac{e^{3t}}{25}+\frac{e^{-2t}C}{1}$$
I was unable to reach the correct answer to the ODE which was
$$\frac{1}{5}te^{3t}-\frac{1}{25}e^{3t}+\frac{1}{25}e^{-2t}$$
How do I correct my work and arrive to the correct conclussion?
Best Answer
Just insert the initial condition $$ 0=0-\frac1{25}+C\implies C=\frac1{25}. $$
The table is then \begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|} i&t_i&w_i&y(t_i)\\\hline 0 & 0.0 & 0.000000 & 0.000000 \\ 1 & 0.5 & 0.000000 & 0.283617 \\ 2 & 1.0 & 1.120422 & 3.219099 \\ 3 & 1.5 & 10.042768 & 23.406446 \\ 4 & 2.0 & 67.512848 & 145.235098 \\ \end{array}