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Time Integration
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Consider the initialvalue problem for passive tracer advection in a continuous velocity field
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Consider the initial-value problem for passive tracer advection in a continuous velocity field
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**Explicit Euler Method**
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The firstorder explicit Euler scheme advances the position by sampling the velocity at the beginning of the time step:
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The first-order explicit Euler scheme advances the position by sampling the velocity at the beginning of the time step:
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This method incurs a global error of order :math:`O(\Delta t)` and requires only one velocity evaluation per step.
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**SecondOrder RungeKutta (Heuns Method)**
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**Second-Order Runge-Kutta (Heun's Method)**
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Heuns method attains secondorder accuracy by combining predictor and corrector slopes:
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Heun's method attains second-order accuracy by combining predictor and corrector slopes:
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This scheme yields a global error of order :math:`O(\Delta t^2)` with two velocity evaluations per step.
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**Classical FourthOrder RungeKutta (RK4)**
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**Classical Fourth-Order Runge-Kutta (RK4)**
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The classical RK4 method achieves fourthorder accuracy via four slope evaluations at intermediate points:
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The classical RK4 method achieves fourth-order accuracy via four slope evaluations at intermediate points:
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This yields a global error of order :math:`O(\Delta t^4)` with four velocity evaluations per step.
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**SixthOrder RungeKutta (RK6)**
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**Sixth-Order Runge-Kutta (RK6)**
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The sixstage scheme uses nonuniform weights to attain sixthorder accuracy:
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The six-stage scheme uses non-uniform weights to attain sixth-order accuracy:
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This scheme incurs a global error of order :math:`O(\Delta t^6)` with six velocity evaluations.
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All methods assume a continuous velocity interpolation (e.g., tricubic) to supply :math:`\mathbf{u}` at arbitrary particle positions and times.
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FTLE Computation

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