This document lists 9 sample problems related to solving first-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs) using analytical and numerical methods. The problems cover using separation of variables, integration factors, Euler's method, the midpoint method, and Runge-Kutta methods to solve homogeneous and non-homogeneous first-order ODEs. They also include illustrating the numerical methods with a graph and formulating a hydrological system as a first-order ODE using mass balance.
This document lists 9 sample problems related to solving first-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs) using analytical and numerical methods. The problems cover using separation of variables, integration factors, Euler's method, the midpoint method, and Runge-Kutta methods to solve homogeneous and non-homogeneous first-order ODEs. They also include illustrating the numerical methods with a graph and formulating a hydrological system as a first-order ODE using mass balance.
This document lists 9 sample problems related to solving first-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs) using analytical and numerical methods. The problems cover using separation of variables, integration factors, Euler's method, the midpoint method, and Runge-Kutta methods to solve homogeneous and non-homogeneous first-order ODEs. They also include illustrating the numerical methods with a graph and formulating a hydrological system as a first-order ODE using mass balance.
1. How to use the separation of variable to solve a 1st order ODE?
2. When can we use the integration factor to solve a 1 st order ODE? 3. How to use the integration factor to solve a homogeneous 1 st order ODE? Will the solution identical to that by the separation of variable? 4. How to use the Euler’s method to solve a 1st order ODE? 5. Why the midpoint method is a better choice than the Euler’s method? 6. What are the differences between the Euler’s method and higher order Runge-Kutta method? 7. Please use a graph with time in x-axis and h in y-axis to illustrate your understanding of different numerical methods. 8. Please give an example in hydrology, geology, or other disciplinary that can be expressed by the 1 st order ODE. 9. Considering a lake where the precipitation, evapotranspiration, infiltration, and municipal water supply are the dominant hydrological processes controlling the water balance. Use mass balance (or continuity equation) to formulate this hydrological system into a 1 st order ODE. Assume the infiltration can be expressed by a linear reservoir model.