sub runge_kutta { my ($yp, $dt) = @_; sub { my ($t, $y) = @_; my @dy = $dt * $yp->( $t , $y ); push @dy, $dt * $yp->( $t + $dt/2, $y + $dy[0]/2 ); push @dy, $dt * $yp->( $t + $dt/2, $y + $dy[1]/2 ); push @dy, $dt * $yp->( $t + $dt , $y + $dy[2] ); return $t + $dt, $y + ($dy[0] + 2*$dy[1] + 2*$dy[2] + $dy[3]) / 6; } } my $RK = runge_kutta sub { $_[0] * sqrt $_[1] }, .1; for( my ($t, $y) = (0, 1); sprintf("%.0f", $t) <= 10; ($t, $y) = $RK->($t, $y) ) { printf "y(%2.0f) = %12f ± %e\n", $t, $y, abs($y - ($t**2 + 4)**2 / 16) if sprintf("%.4f", $t) =~ /0000$/; }