Logistic equation

Este artículo explica la resolución de la Ecuación logística por el método de Euler.

1 Logistic equation

[math]y_0 = f(t,y) = y\cdot (1-y)[/math]

[math]y(t_0) = y_0[/math]

2 Numerical scheme

We propose an Euler explicit method with time step h,

[math] y_0 = 1/10[/math]

[math]y_{n+1} = y_{n} + h\cdot y_{n}\cdot(1 - y_{n})[/math]

3 MATLAB code

% Euler method to solve the logistic equation y'=y(1-y)
clear all;
t0=0; tN=4;           % initial and final time 
y0=1/10;              % value of y at time t=0
N=40;                 % Number of intervals 
h=(tN-t0)/40;         % Time step h  
yy=y0;                % yy -> variable with the solution at each time step
y(1)=yy;              % y -> vector where we store the solution
for n=1:N-1 
   yy=yy+h*yy*(1-yy);  % numerical scheme
   y(n+1)=yy;          % store the solution
end 
x=t0:h:tN;             % Draw the solution
plot(x,y,'x');

4 Results

Numerical approximation of the solution

Error = abs( exact solution - numerical approximation)