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Find five correct decimals of temp at x

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Katara So
Katara So on 10 Oct 2020
Commented: Katara So on 10 Oct 2020
If I have a plot, how can I find the temperature at x=1 with five accurate decimals? It must be a way in which I have compared and can trust that the decimals are in fact accurate.
For example, say this is my code:
clear all, close all, clc
L=3.4;
N=100;
T0=300;
Tslut=410;
h=L/N;
x=linspace(0,L,N+1);
x=x.';
fk=@(x)2+x/7;
fQ=@(x)260*exp(-(x-L/2)^2);
A=zeros(N+1);
b=zeros(N+1,1);
A(1,1) = 1.0;
b(1) = T0;
for i=2:N
xp=x(i);
xhl=xp-h/2;
xhr=xp+h/2;
A(i,i-1) = -fk(xhl);
A(i,i) = (fk(xhl)+fk(xhr));
A(i,i+1) = -fk(xhr);
b(i) = fQ(xp)*h^2;
end
A(N+1,N+1) = 1.0;
b(N+1) = Tslut;
T=A\b;
plot(x,T)
All help is appreciated!

Answers (1)

Alan Stevens
Alan Stevens on 10 Oct 2020
How about using
T1 = interp1(x,T,1);
Use a finer mesh of x values if the result isn't satisfactory.
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Katara So
Katara So on 10 Oct 2020
I thought about using that however our professor said that we have to show what makes us trust the five decimals. I don't really know how interp1 works and therefore I don't know if the answer given is trustworthy. Would be a good enough way of checking the decimals?

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