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17  
18  package org.apache.commons.math.ode;
19  
20  /**
21   * This class implements the 3/8 fourth order Runge-Kutta
22   * integrator for Ordinary Differential Equations.
23   *
24   * <p>This method is an explicit Runge-Kutta method, its Butcher-array
25   * is the following one :
26   * <pre>
27   *    0  |  0    0    0    0
28   *   1/3 | 1/3   0    0    0
29   *   2/3 |-1/3   1    0    0
30   *    1  |  1   -1    1    0
31   *       |--------------------
32   *       | 1/8  3/8  3/8  1/8
33   * </pre>
34   * </p>
35   *
36   * @see EulerIntegrator
37   * @see ClassicalRungeKuttaIntegrator
38   * @see GillIntegrator
39   * @see MidpointIntegrator
40   * @version $Revision: 620312 $ $Date: 2008-02-10 12:28:59 -0700 (Sun, 10 Feb 2008) $
41   * @since 1.2
42   */
43  
44  public class ThreeEighthesIntegrator
45    extends RungeKuttaIntegrator {
46  
47    /** Integrator method name. */
48    private static final String methodName = "3/8";
49  
50    /** Time steps Butcher array. */
51    private static final double[] c = {
52      1.0 / 3.0, 2.0 / 3.0, 1.0
53    };
54  
55    /** Internal weights Butcher array. */
56    private static final double[][] a = {
57      {  1.0 / 3.0 },
58      { -1.0 / 3.0, 1.0 },
59      {  1.0, -1.0, 1.0 }
60    };
61  
62    /** Propagation weights Butcher array. */
63    private static final double[] b = {
64      1.0 / 8.0, 3.0 / 8.0, 3.0 / 8.0, 1.0 / 8.0
65    };
66  
67    /** Simple constructor.
68     * Build a 3/8 integrator with the given step.
69     * @param step integration step
70     */
71    public ThreeEighthesIntegrator(double step) {
72      super(c, a, b, new ThreeEighthesStepInterpolator(), step);
73    }
74  
75    /** Get the name of the method.
76     * @return name of the method
77     */
78    public String getName() {
79      return methodName;
80    }
81  
82  }