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Problem 6.299 · medium

Use Euler's method with step size \( \displaystyle h = \frac{1}{4} \) to approximate \( \displaystyle y(1) \) for \( \displaystyle y' = 2 t + y \), \( \displaystyle y(0) = -1 \).
  1. Each step follows the tangent line: yₙ₊₁ = yₙ + h·f(tₙ, yₙ), tₙ₊₁ = tₙ + h.
    Reviewed
  2. \[ -1 + 1 \cdot \frac{1}{4} \left(-1\right) = - \frac{5}{4} \]
    y1 = y0 + h·f(t0, y0) with t0 = 0, slope -1.✓ Proved
  3. \[ - \frac{5}{4} + 1 \cdot \frac{1}{4} \left(-3\right) \frac{1}{4} = - \frac{23}{16} \]
    y2 = y1 + h·f(t1, y1) with t1 = 1/4, slope -3/4.✓ Proved
  4. \[ - \frac{23}{16} + 1 \cdot \frac{1}{4} \left(-7\right) \frac{1}{16} = - \frac{99}{64} \]
    y3 = y2 + h·f(t2, y2) with t2 = 1/2, slope -7/16.✓ Proved
  5. \[ - \frac{99}{64} + 1 \cdot \frac{1}{4} \left(-3\right) \frac{1}{64} = - \frac{399}{256} \]
    y4 = y3 + h·f(t3, y3) with t3 = 3/4, slope -3/64.✓ Proved
Answer \( y(1) \approx - \frac{399}{256} = -1.55859 \)

✓ Nihil obstat Lines: 4 proved, 1 reviewed. The answer was also checked a second way, without looking at the solution. Reviewers found nothing wrong with the explanation.

The full receipt
LineStatusChecked byDetail
1Reviewedreviewers: gpt-oss:20b, qwen3.6:27b-mlxa sentence; read, not computed
2✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0
3✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0
4✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0
5✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0
answer, a second way✓ Checked independentlysympy 1.14.0 + mpmath 1.3.0the steps rerun in floating point

Reviewers

  • gpt-oss:20b: pass
  • qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass
Every verdict on record (4)
  • gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-07
  • qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-07
  • gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-07
  • qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-07

Proved: SymPy reduced the difference between the two sides to zero. Checked independently: a separate method, named above, confirmed it. Checked numerically: the two sides agree at every sampled point, which is evidence, not proof. Reviewed: a model or a person read it; that is all a sentence can have. Solution by generator:structured/eulers_method, checked 2026-10-07 with SymPy 1.14.0.