import nose.tools as nt
def test_constant_solution():
"""
Test problem where u=u_const is the exact solution, to be
reproduced (to machine precision) by any relevant method.
"""
def exact_solution(t):
return u_const
def a(t):
return 2.5*(1+t**3) # can be arbitrary
def b(t):
return a(t)*u_const
u_const = 2.15
theta = 0.4; I = u_const; dt = 4
Nt = 4 # enough with a few steps
u, t = solver(I=I, a=a, b=b, T=Nt*dt, dt=dt, theta=theta)
print u
u_e = exact_solution(t)
difference = abs(u_e - u).max() # max deviation
nt.assert_almost_equal(difference, 0, places=14)