Revised^5 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme

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Example

`Integrate-system` integrates the system

of differential equations with the method of Runge-Kutta.

The parameter `system-derivative` is a function that takes a system state (a vector of values for the state variables y1, `...`, yn) and produces a system derivative (the values y1/, `...`, yn/). The parameter `initial-state` provides an initial system state, and `h` is an initial guess for the length of the integration step.

The value returned by `integrate-system` is an infinite stream of system states.

`(define integrate-system
(lambda (system-derivative initial-state h)
(let ((next (runge-kutta-4 system-derivative h)))
(letrec ((states
(cons initial-state
(delay (map-streams next
states)))))
states))))`

`Runge-Kutta-4` takes a function, `f`, that produces a system derivative from a system state. `Runge-Kutta-4` produces a function that takes a system state and produces a new system state.

`(define runge-kutta-4
(lambda (f h)
(let ((*h (scale-vector h))
(*2 (scale-vector 2))
(*1/2 (scale-vector (/ 1 2)))
(*1/6 (scale-vector (/ 1 6))))
(lambda (y)
;; y is a system state
(let* ((k0 (*h (f y)))
(k1 (*h (f (add-vectors y (*1/2 k0)))))
(k2 (*h (f (add-vectors y (*1/2 k1)))))
(k3 (*h (f (add-vectors y k2)))))
(add-vectors y
(*1/6 (add-vectors k0
(*2 k1)
(*2 k2)
k3))))))))
(define elementwise
(lambda (f)
(lambda vectors
(generate-vector
(vector-length (car vectors))
(lambda (i)
(apply f
(map (lambda (v) (vector-ref v i))
vectors)))))))
(define generate-vector
(lambda (size proc)
(let ((ans (make-vector size)))
(letrec ((loop
(lambda (i)
(cond ((= i size) ans)
(else
(vector-set! ans i (proc i))
(loop (+ i 1)))))))
(loop 0)))))
(define add-vectors (elementwise +))
(define scale-vector
(lambda (s)
(elementwise (lambda (x) (* x s)))))`

`Map-streams` is analogous to `map`: it applies its first argument (a procedure) to all the elements of its second argument (a stream).

`(define map-streams
(lambda (f s)
(cons (f (head s))
(delay (map-streams f (tail s))))))`

Infinite streams are implemented as pairs whose car holds the first element of the stream and whose cdr holds a promise to deliver the rest of the stream.

`(define head car)
(define tail
(lambda (stream) (force (cdr stream))))`

The following illustrates the use of `integrate-system` in integrating the system

which models a damped oscillator.

`(define damped-oscillator
(lambda (R L C)
(lambda (state)
(let ((Vc (vector-ref state 0))
(Il (vector-ref state 1)))
(vector (- 0 (+ (/ Vc (* R C)) (/ Il C)))
(/ Vc L))))))
(define the-states
(integrate-system
(damped-oscillator 10000 1000 .001)
'#(1 0)
.01))`