MatLab Assignment 4 -- Turn in on March 11

-- MatLab Functions: int, subs, syms, ezplot
--- Picard's Method
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  1. Take a few minutes to read the MatLab handout (4) to learn how to use MatLab functions int, subs, syms, ezplot to approximate the solution of a given initial value problem by Picard's Method. You may down load the MatLab scripts for the example given at the end of the handout into a file by Copy and Paste from the web page. Then use it for your assignment by modifying it for each of the following given problems.

  2. Apply Picard's Method to y'=2xy, y(0)=1. Compute and sketch y1, y2, and y3, and sketch the solution y=ex2 for x in [0,2].
  3. Apply Picard's Method to y'=xy+2x-x3, y(0)=0. Compute and sketch y1, y2, and y3 and sketch the solution y=x2 for x in [0,2].