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     17 
     18 package org.apache.commons.math.ode.nonstiff;
     19 
     20 
     21 /**
     22  * This class implements the 3/8 fourth order Runge-Kutta
     23  * integrator for Ordinary Differential Equations.
     24  *
     25  * <p>This method is an explicit Runge-Kutta method, its Butcher-array
     26  * is the following one :
     27  * <pre>
     28  *    0  |  0    0    0    0
     29  *   1/3 | 1/3   0    0    0
     30  *   2/3 |-1/3   1    0    0
     31  *    1  |  1   -1    1    0
     32  *       |--------------------
     33  *       | 1/8  3/8  3/8  1/8
     34  * </pre>
     35  * </p>
     36  *
     37  * @see EulerIntegrator
     38  * @see ClassicalRungeKuttaIntegrator
     39  * @see GillIntegrator
     40  * @see MidpointIntegrator
     41  * @version $Revision: 810196 $ $Date: 2009-09-01 21:47:46 +0200 (mar. 01 sept. 2009) $
     42  * @since 1.2
     43  */
     44 
     45 public class ThreeEighthesIntegrator extends RungeKuttaIntegrator {
     46 
     47   /** Time steps Butcher array. */
     48   private static final double[] STATIC_C = {
     49     1.0 / 3.0, 2.0 / 3.0, 1.0
     50   };
     51 
     52   /** Internal weights Butcher array. */
     53   private static final double[][] STATIC_A = {
     54     {  1.0 / 3.0 },
     55     { -1.0 / 3.0, 1.0 },
     56     {  1.0, -1.0, 1.0 }
     57   };
     58 
     59   /** Propagation weights Butcher array. */
     60   private static final double[] STATIC_B = {
     61     1.0 / 8.0, 3.0 / 8.0, 3.0 / 8.0, 1.0 / 8.0
     62   };
     63 
     64   /** Simple constructor.
     65    * Build a 3/8 integrator with the given step.
     66    * @param step integration step
     67    */
     68   public ThreeEighthesIntegrator(final double step) {
     69     super("3/8", STATIC_C, STATIC_A, STATIC_B, new ThreeEighthesStepInterpolator(), step);
     70   }
     71 
     72 }
     73