The Bulk of the work I did in the first three week block was in class and about 35% was done out of class. Amusingly we all entered this class not knowing much about any way of approaching the task at hand; using the Euler method, MATLAB, and getting it all in latex format. For some of us getting use to the word press network was a challenge as well. This Obstacle required anyone with enough will to inquire their own problem solving skills. Though none of us knew how to really workout these problem I knew that I had intermediate experience with MATLAB, So by working on teams a lot more got accomplish, My obscure approach was to simply help others get there work done while attaining the skill and knowledge I needed to accomplish my task.
Learning the Euler method and completing the Excel: I used the equation {2y/x}
Euler’s method:

solving for {2y/x}
[(f(x+delta x)- f(x))/delta x] = ((( 2y/delta x)/x)+ f(x))
Then I entered this new equation into Excel
Excel values
delta x x y

Along with these two commands Bounds
independent variable x = B4+A$4 0< x < 25
Dependent variable y = (C4)+((2*C4*A$4)/(B4)) y(0) = 5
This is a graphical plot of my solution
My goal was to try and compare with MatLab plot with the same bounds, but my equations for {2y/x} in Matlab did not work
The first equation that Catlin and I targeted was {-x* (y+1)} d
We were slow to start just running through the do’s and don’ts of Matlab, we attain an ezplot but by the next class
dsolve(‘Dy = -x*(y+1)’,'x’)
ans = -1+exp(-1/2*x^2)*C1
B= dsolve(‘Dy = -x*(y+1)’,'y(0)= 3′,’x')
B = -1+3/2*exp(-1/2*x^2)
The ezplot is a quick plot of (vectorname, between the bounds of [# #]
ezplot(B,[-5 5])
I 
N the first instance we ploted this same graph with it’s bounds from (0 – 2) we saw an reversed s, or a line with a – slpoe in the positive X-axis direction.
after ataining our 2d plot. I was working with Jay votta an we used the Chap 6 Qualiative approach to differtianl equations work sheet to make a Directiional field plot. Are MATLAB equatoions were as follows
[x, y] = meshgrid(-2:.5:2, -2:.5:2);
S = (-x*y – x);
quiver(x, y, ones(size(S)), S), axis tight

Now this graph was great, but it wasn’t an accurate representation of our 2d Directional feild By playing with the bounds were able to see very diferent graphical solutions This graph gave the most varient information so I decided to keep this as a result, the next graph also shows a very different graph from the origonal.
[x, y] = meshgrid(-.9:.5:.9, -.9:.5:.9);
S = (-x*y – x);
quiver(x, y, ones(size(S)), S), axis tight

[x, y] = meshgrid(-.05:.01:.05, -.05:.01:.05);
S = (-x*y – x);
quiver(x, y, ones(size(S)), S), axis tight

Increasingly more solid graph can be made by make Meshes out of the vector’s unit vector.
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