function ch2ex9 d = 0.1; yd = 1 - (1/2)*d^2 - (1/6)*d^4; erryd = (19/180)*d^6; fprintf('At d = %g, the error in y(d) is about %5.1e.\n',d,erryd); [y,x] = ode45(@ode,[yd 0],d); fprintf('Total collapse occurs at x = %g.\n',x(end)); % Augment the arrays with y = 1 at x = 0 for the plot % and plot with the original independent variable x. y = [1; y]; x = [0; x]; %plot(x,y) plot(x,y,'-k') %print -depsc ch2fig9 %======================================================== function dxdy = ode(y,x) dxdy = - sqrt(3*y^3/(2*(1 - y^3)));