Program
/* Euler algorithm for first order differential equation */
#include <stdio.h>
#define dist 0.5 /* stepsize in t */
#define MAX 4.0 /* max for t */
FILE *output; /* internal filename */
main()
{
double t, y;
int j;
output=fopen("euler.dat", "w"); /* external filename */
y=1; /* initial condition */
fprintf(output, "0\t%f\n", y);
for (j=1;dist*j<=MAX;j++) /* the time loop */
{
t=j*dist;
y-=dist*y;
fprintf (output, "%f\t%f\n", t, y);
}
fclose(output);
}
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