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This interface should be implemented by all real first order differential equation problems * before they can be handled by the integrators {@link FirstOrderIntegrator#integrate} method. * *
A first order differential equations problem, as seen by an integrator is the time derivative
* dY/dt
of a state vector Y
, both being one dimensional arrays. From the
* integrator point of view, this derivative depends only on the current time t
and on
* the state vector Y
.
*
*
For real problems, the derivative depends also on parameters that do not belong to the state
* vector (dynamical model constants for example). These constants are completely outside of the
* scope of this interface, the classes that implement it are allowed to handle them as they want.
*
* @see FirstOrderFieldIntegrator
* @param This method is called once at the start of the integration. It may be used by the
* equations to initialize some internal data if needed.
*
* @param t0 value of the independent time variable at integration start
* @param y0 array containing the value of the state vector at integration start
* @param finalTime target time for the integration
*/
void init(T t0, T[] y0, T finalTime);
/**
* Get the current time derivative of the state vector.
*
* @param t current value of the independent time variable
* @param y array containing the current value of the state vector
* @return time derivative of the state vector
*/
T[] computeDerivatives(T t, T[] y);
}