% [u,err,x,t] = lax_friedrichs(@f,t_0,t_f,M,N) % % solves the heat equation u_t + u_x = 0 [0,2*pi] % % If I'm going to use the FFT to analyse the solution then I'd like to take % N of the form 2^k. This will also have the advantage of making sure there's % always a meshpoint at x = pi % % f.m is the function that contains the initial data function [u,u_exact,x,t] = lax_friedrichs(f,t_0,t_f,M,N) % define the mesh in space dx = 2*pi/N; x = 0:dx:2*pi; x = x'; % define the mesh in time dt = (t_f-t_0)/M; t = t_0:dt:t_f; c = 1/2; %display('this number should be less than 1 for stability:') mu = c*dt/dx; % choose the wave number of the initial data and give its decay rate u = zeros(N+1,M+1); u(:,1) = f(x); u_exact(:,1) = u(:,1); % I want to do the Lax Friedrichs scheme: % % u_new(j) = (u_old(j-1)+u_old(j+1))/2 - (mu/2)*(u_old(j+1)-u_old(j-1)) for j=1:M for k=2:N u(k,j+1) = (u(k+1,j)+u(k-1,j))/2-(mu/2)*(u(k+1,j)-u(k-1,j)); end % I code in the exact values at the endpoints. u(1,j+1)=1; u(N+1,j+1)=0; X = x-c*t(j+1); u_exact(:,j+1) = f(X); end