On 8/1/17 7:29 PM, Barry Smith wrote:
Well, there are situations in which you want to do a certain number of fixed steps.Really, I think users ALWAYS want to get to a particular time; it is only due to flaws in the software that they may think they need to (or due need to) control things with a fixed number of steps.
Yes, but you cannot always guarantee that. E.g., test convergence of whatever problem when using euler, beuler, rk 4 (very popular methods). You cannot force them to stop at a certain time unless you fix the number of steps because none have adaptors.
Emil
