The classical Runge-Kutta fourth order method is applied to dy/dx = -y; y(0) = 1. The result obtained after applying one step of length h is:

(C) 1 - h + h^2/2 - h^3/6 + h^4/24

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Numerical Analysis — classical RK4 applied to a simple decay equation

The classical Runge-Kutta fourth order method is applied to $\frac{dy}{dx} = -y$ ; $y(0) = 1$ . The result obtained after applying one step of length h is:

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