Invalid form for an assignment in Fortran - fortran

I can't get this code to compile uding either the g77 minGW compiler or the g95 compiler. Does anyone know why?
I get these errors with the g77:
diff5z10.for: In subroutine `diffract':
diff5z10.for:579:
Tropo100 = 20.34 - .077 * Dist
^
Invalid form for assignment statement at (^)
diff5z10.for:581:
IF (Freq .GT. 1000) FreqAdj = 24.5 - 7200/(Freq+3000)
^
Invalid form for assignment statement at (^)
and i get these errors when compiling with g95:
In file diff5z10.for:574
CLUTTER = steep*CLUTTER
1
Error: Unclassifiable statement at (1)
In file diff5z10.for:580
FreqAdj = 23.978 - 58026.76 / (Freq + 2320)
1
Error: Unclassifiable statement at (1)
here is the code from this section of the program:
(starting with line 362)
Span = .28 - .144 * (Round - 1.2)
Para = C / Span**2
IF (Ratio .GT. .4) Para = 6.25 * (C - 1)
CLUTTER = Para * (RATIO - .4)**2 - C
IF (CLUTTER .GT. 0.) CLUTTER = 0.
CSlope = SQRT(freq)/350
steep = 1 + CSlope * (dist - Horizon)
IF (steep .LT. 0) steep = 0
IF (steep .GT. 1) steep = 1
CLUTTER = steep*CLUTTER
Tropo100 = 20.34 - .077 * Dist
FreqAdj = 23.978 - 58026.76 / (Freq + 2320)
IF (Freq .GT. 1000) FreqAdj = 24.5 - 7200/(Freq+3000)
TropoFd = Tropo100 - FreqAdj
FS_field = 106.9 - 20 * LOG10(Dist)
Scatter = TropoFd - FS_field !loss ref to free space
DiffL = Scatter - DLOSS
Combine = 150/(20 - DiffL) - 5
IF (DiffL .LT. -10) Combine = 0
IF (DiffL .GT. 10) Combine = DiffL
DLOSS = DLOSS + Combine
RETURN
END

Assuming that the spacing in your snippet is reflective of what's actually in the source code, your compilers might getting confused with line-continuation characters (which, in archaic FORTRAN style fall in Column 6) or line number characters (Columns 1-5). There are a few things you could try:
Enable free-form source in the compilation options
Rename the file from myfile.f to myfile.f90 and recompile with g95
As always, when dealing with older-style code, the standard warnings such as "Always use implicit none also apply.

Did you check your indentation style? Sometimes your compiler will treat tabs in a badway, not knowing with how many spaces to replace them. It will then output seemingly random errors, because it doesn't understand where the line header is.

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Unhandled exception at 0x001D6653 in Lid.exe: 0xc0000094: integer division by zero

I am trying to write the code for Lid-Driven Cavity in Fortran.
When I want to run the code, suddenly the integer division by zero errors appears.
I know what is the problem but I don't know how I can solve it. I even changed some numbers in order to avoid this issue but again happened.
I uploaded the photo of the error
I searched about it and there are some answers for C++ but I could not find anything for Fortran.
Program Lid
implicit none
Integer :: I,J,nx, ny, dx, dy, L, W, Iteration, Max_Iteration , Re, M, N, dt
Real :: Delta
Real, allocatable :: u(:,:), v(:,:), p(:,:), u_old(:,:), v_old(:,:), p_old(:,:), X(:), Y(:)
!***************************************************!
PRINT *, "ENTER THE DESIRED POINTS ..."
PRINT *, "... IN X DIRECTION: SUGGESTED RANGE (20-200)"
READ*, M
PRINT *, "... IN Y DIRECTION: SUGGESTED RANGE (10-100)"
READ*, N
! Define Geometry
dt = 0.001
Delta = 2
Re = 100
L = 10
W = 10
dx = L /Real(M-1)
dy = W /Real(N-1)
ALLOCATE (X(M),Y(N),u(M,N),u_old(M,N),v(M,N),v_old(M,N),p(M,N),p_old(M,N))
! Grid Generation
Do I = 1, M
x(I) = (I-1)* dx
End Do
Do J=1 , N
y(J) = (J-1) * dy
End Do
! Boundray Condition
Do I=1 , M
u(I,1) = 0
u(1,I) = 0
u(M,I) = 0
u(I,M) = 1 ! Lid Velocity
End Do
Do J=1, N
v(J,1) = 0
v(1,J) = 0
v(J,N) = 0
v(M,J) = 0
End Do
! Initialization
Do I=2, M-1
Do J=2, N-1
u(I,J) = 0
v(I,J) = 0
p(I,J) = 0
End Do
End Do
! Solver
Do I=2, M-1
Do J=2, N-1
u_old(I,J) = u(I,J)
v_old(I,J) = v(I,J)
p_old(I,J) = p(I,J)
u(I,J) = - dt / 4* dx * (( u(I, J+1)+ u_old(I,J))**2 - (u_old(I, J)+u(I,J-1))**2) - dt / 4* dy * ((u_old(I,J)+ u(I-1,J)) &
* (v(I-1,J) + v(I-1, J+1)) - (u_old(I,J) + u(I+1,J)) * (v_old(I,J) + v(I,J+1))) - dt / dx *(p(I, J+1) - p(I,J)) &
+ dt / Re * ((u(I+1,J) - 2 * u_old(I,J) + u(I-1,J)) / dx**2 + (u(I,J+1) - 2 * u_old(I,J) + u(I,J+1)) / dy**2) + u_old(I,J)
v(I,J) = - dt / 4* dy * (( v(I-1, J)+ v(I-1,J+1))**2 - (v_old(I, J)+v(I,J+1))**2) - dt / 4* dx * ((u_old(I,J)+ u(I,J+1)) &
* (v(I,J+1) + v(I-1, J+1)) - (u_old(I,J) + u(I,J-1)) * (v_old(I,J) + v(I-1,J))) - dt / dy *(p(I, J+1) - p(I,J)) &
+ dt / Re * ((v(I+1,J) - 2 * v_old(I,J) + v(I-1,J)) / dx**2 + (v(I,J+1) - 2 * v_old(I,J) + v(I,J+1)) / dy**2) + v_old(I,J)
p(I,J) = - Delta * dt / 2 * ((u(I,J+1)+ u_old(I,J)) - (u_old(I,J) + u(I,J-1))) - Delta * dt / 2 &
* ((v(I-1,J)+ v(I-1,J+1)) - (v_old(I,J) + v(I,J+1)))
End Do
End Do
!-----------------------OUTPUTS GENERATION-----------------------------
OPEN (1,FILE='FIELD.PLT')
WRITE (1,*) 'VARIABLES=X,Y,u,v,p'
WRITE (1,*) 'ZONE I=',M,' J=',N
DO J=1,N
DO I=1,M
WRITE (1,*) X(I),Y(J),u(I,J),v(I,J),p(I,J)
END DO
END DO
End Program Lid
Assuming that the yellow arrow shown on the image indicates the line (72) where the exception occurred:
Apparently dx is or becomes zero, because that's the only devision done on that line.
You must know what it means when dx is zero or what causes it, unless it's a programming or data input issue that causes it.
In any case you must make sure that you don't execute that part of your code that divides by zero.
What you need to do to prevent this, fully depends on what your code is supposed to do. I can't help you with that.

Error in 2º equation roots coding in Fortran

Today I started coding equations and algebraic expressions using Fortran (I'm using gfortran in Debian(Parrot-home OS) and Geany).
The problem is, I code on the same way(or equal) to the mode I see on internet, and I get only a wrong root to x' and x''.
program equacao2grau
real delta, a, b, c, x, x2
complex sqrt
print*, "This program calc 2º equations"
print*, "Give the values 'A', 'B'e 'C'"
read*, a !Getting values
read*, b ! for
read*, c !resolution
if (a /= 0) then !if 'a' be different of 0
delta = b**2 - 4*a !do delta
end if
print*, delta = b**2 - 4*a*c
if (a .EQ. 0) then
stop
end if
if (delta .EQ. 0) then
print*, "The value is", (-b / 2*a)
stop
end if
if (delta .GT. 0) then
print*, "The roots are", -b + sqrt(delta) / 2*a
print*, "e", -b - sqrt(delta) / 2*a
stop
end if
end
I know, it is incomplete, but I'm demotivated with don't find any correct result.
Things I researched:
https://www.cenapad.unicamp.br/servicos/treinamentos/apostilas/apostila_fortran90.pdf
http://ftp.demec.ufpr.br/disciplinas/TM111/Arquivos_Infomatica/Fortran/fortran.html#_Toc467428016
http://www.oc.nps.edu/~bird/oc3030_online/fortran/if/logicalif.html
http://wwwp.fc.unesp.br/~lavarda/fc1/apo/fort_04.htm
You are missing brackets in the expressions.
-b + sqrt(delta) / 2*a
Should be:
(-b + sqrt(delta)) / (2*a)
And same for the other roots.
Edit
Also, as pointed by #albert, you omitted c in the formula of delta.
Moreover, as said by #IanBush, the declaration of complex sqrt must be removed.
And always use implicit none.

sympy CSE: avoid pow/powf

When Sympy generates C code,
is there a way to enforce CSE optimizations for pow (or powf) occurrences in an expression?
For example, this code snippet
c, s = symbols('c s')
myexpr = c**6/1800 - c**5/100 - 0.00833333333333333*c**4*s**2 + 19*c**4/200 + 0.1*c**3*s**2 - 9*c**3/20 + c**2*s**4/120 - 0.57*c**2*s**2 + 43*c**2/40 - c*s**4/20 + 1.35*c*s**2 + 23*c/50 - 0.000555555555555556*s**6 + 19*s**4/200 - 1.075*s**2 - 2107/1800
import sympy
from sympy.codegen.ast import real, float64
sub_exprs,final_expr = sympy.cse([myexpr])
for var,expr in sub_exprs : print "const real", printing.ccode(expr, standard='C99', assign_to=var, type_aliases={real: float64})
print "return ",printing.ccode(final_expr[0], standard='C99', type_aliases={real: float64}),";"
produces the following disappointing output:
const real x0 = pow(c, 2);
const real x1 = pow(c, 3);
const real x2 = pow(c, 4);
const real x3 = pow(s, 2);
const real x4 = pow(s, 4);
return (1.0/1800.0)*pow(c, 6) - 1.0/100.0*pow(c, 5) + 1.3500000000000001*c*x3 - 1.0/20.0*c*x4 + (23.0/50.0)*c - 0.00055555555555555599*pow(s, 6) - 0.56999999999999995*x0*x3 + (1.0/120.0)*x0*x4 + (43.0/40.0)*x0 + 0.10000000000000001*x1*x3 - 9.0/20.0*x1 - 0.0083333333333333297*x2*x3 + (19.0/200.0)*x2 - 1.075*x3 + (19.0/200.0)*x4 - 2107.0/1800.0 ;
Pow optimizations have been completely ignored.
What is the workaround for this?
Remark: I saw that this issue is partially mentioned here:
"The code printers don’t print optimal code in many cases. An example of this is powers in C. x**2 prints as pow(x, 2) instead of x*x. Other optimizations (like mathematical simplifications) should happen before the code printers."
The CSE routine in sympy is not perfect (improved CSE is listed as an area for improvement), e.g.:
>>> sympy.cse([x**4, x**3*y])
([], [x**4, x**3*y])
Expanding pow in the printer or before the printer has been discussed some time, there is now a create_expand_pow optimization which can help some:
>>> expand_opt = create_expand_pow_optimization(3)
>>> expand_opt(x**5 + x**3)
x**5 + x*x*x
Note however that most compilers will already generate optimal assembly (regardless of CSE in the source code) if you pass them the right optimization flags.

Newton Raphson iteration - unable to iterate

I am not sure this question is on topic here or elsewhere (or not on topic at all anywhere).
I have inherited Fortran 90 code that does Newton Raphson interpolation where logarithm of temperature is interpolated against logarithm of pressure.
The interpolation is of the type
t = a ln(p) + b
and where a, b are defined as
a = ln(tup/tdwn)/(alogpu - alogpd)
and
b = ln T - a * ln P
Here is the test program. It is shown only for a single iteration. But the actual program runs over three FOR loops over k,j and i. In reality pthta is a 3D array(k,j,i) and thta is a 1D array (k)
program test
implicit none
integer,parameter :: dp = SELECTED_REAL_KIND(12,307)
real(kind=dp) kappa,interc,pres,dltdlp,tup,tdwn
real(kind=dp) pthta,alogp,alogpd,alogpu,thta,f,dfdp,p1
real(kind=dp) t1,resid,potdwn,potup,pdwn,pup,epsln,thta1
integer i,j,kout,n,maxit,nmax,resmax
kappa = 2./7.
epsln = 1.
potdwn = 259.39996337890625
potup = 268.41687198359159
pdwn = 100000.00000000000
pup = 92500.000000000000
alogpu = 11.43496392350051
alogpd = 11.512925464970229
thta = 260.00000000000000
alogp = 11.512925464970229
! known temperature at lower level
tdwn = potdwn * (pdwn/100000.)** kappa
! known temperature at upper level
tup = potup *(pup/100000.)** kappa
! linear change of temperature wrt lnP between different levels
dltdlp = dlog(tup/tdwn)/(alogpu-alogpd)
! ln(T) value(intercept) where Pressure is 1 Pa and assume a linear
! relationship between P and T
interc = dlog(tup) - dltdlp*alogpu
! Initial guess value for pressure
pthta = exp((dlog(thta)-interc-kappa*alogp)/(dltdlp-kappa))
n=0
1900 continue
!First guess of temperature at intermediate level
t1 = exp(dltdlp * dlog(pthta)+interc)
!Residual error when calculating Newton Raphson iteration(Pascal)
resid = pthta - 100000.*(t1/thta)**(1./kappa)
print *, dltdlp,interc,t1,resid,pthta
if (abs(resid) .gt. epsln) then
n=n+1
if (n .le. nmax) then
! First guess of potential temperature given T1 and
! pressure level guess
thta1 = t1 * (100000./pthta)**kappa
f= thta - thta1
dfdp = (kappa-dltdlp)*(100000./pthta)**kappa*exp(interc + (dltdlp -1.)*dlog(pthta))
p1 = pthta - f/dfdp
if (p1 .le. pdwn) then
if (p1 .ge. pup) then
pthta = p1
goto 1900
else
n = nmax
end if
end if
else
if (resid .gt. resmax) resmax = resid
maxit = maxit+1
goto 2100
end if
end if
2100 continue
end program test
When you run this program with real data from a data file the value of resid is the following
2.7648638933897018E-010
and it does not differ much for the entire execution. Most of the values are in the range
1E-10 and 1E-12
So given these values the following IF condition
IF (abs(resid) .gt. epsln)
never gets called and the Newton Raphson iteration never gets executed. So I looked at two ways to get this to work. One is to remove the exponential call in these two steps
pthta = exp((dlog(thta)-interc-kappa*alogp)/(dltdlp-kappa))
t1 = exp(dltdlp * dlog(pthta)+interc)
i.e. keep everything in the logarithmic space and take the exponent after the Newton Raphson iteration completes. That part does converge without a problem.
The other way I tried to make this work is to truncate
t1 = exp(dltdlp * dlog(pthta)+interc)
When I truncate it to an integer the value of resid changes dramatically from
1E-10 to 813. I do not understand how truncating that function call leads to such a large value change. Truncating that result does result to a successful completion.
So I am not sure which is the better way to proceed further.
How can I decide which would be the better way to approach this ?
From a research perspective, I'd say your first solution is likely the more appropriate approach. In a physical simulation, one should always work with the logarithm of the properties that are by-definition always positive. In the above code, these would be temperature and pressure. Strictly positive-definite physical variables often result in overflow and underflow in computation, whether you use Fortran or any other programming language, or any possible variable kind. If something can happen, it will happen.
This is true about other physical quantities as well, for example, energy (the typical energy of a Gamma-Ray-Burst is ~10^54 ergs), volume of objects in arbitrary dimensions (the volume of a 100-dimensional sphere of radius 10meters is ~ 10^100), or even probability (the likelihood function in many statistical problems can take values of ~10^{-1000} or less). Working with log-transform of positive-definite variables would enable your code to handle numbers as big as ~10^10^307 (for a double precision variable).
A few notes also regarding the Fortran syntax used in your code:
The variable RESMAX is used in your code without initialization.
When assigning values to variables, it is important to specify the kind of the literal constants appropriately, otherwise, the program results might be affected. For example, here is the output of your original code compiled with Intel Fortran Compiler 2018 in debug mode:
-0.152581477302743 7.31503025786548 259.608693509165
-3.152934473473579E-002 99474.1999921620
And here is the same code's output, but with all literal constants suffixed with the kind parameter _dp (see the revised version of your code below):
-0.152580456940175 7.31501855886952 259.608692604963
-8.731149137020111E-011 99474.2302854451
The output from the revised code in this answer is slightly different from the output of the original code in the above question.
There is no need to use .gt., .ge., .le., .lt., ..., for comparison. These are legacy FORTRAN syntax, as far as I am aware. Use instead the more attractive symbols ( < , > , <= , >= , == ) for comparison.
There is no necessity to use a GOTO statement in a Fortran program. This is again legacy FORTRAN. Frequently, simple elegant do-loops and if-blocks can replace GOTO statements, just as in the revised code below.
There is no need to use kind-specific intrinsic functions in Fortran anymore (such as dexp, dlog, ... for double precision). Almost all (and perhaps all) of Fortran intrinsic functions have generic names (exp, log, ...) in the current Fortran standard.
The following is a revision of the program in this question, that resolves all of the above obsolete syntax, as well as the problem of dealing with extremely large or small positive-definite variables (I probably went too far in log-transforming some variables that would never cause overflow or underflow, but my purpose here was to just show the logic behind log-transformation of positive-definite variables and how to deal with their arithmetics without potentially causing overflow/underflow/error_in_results).
program test
implicit none
integer,parameter :: dp = SELECTED_REAL_KIND(12,307)
real(kind=dp) kappa,interc,pres,dltdlp,tup,tdwn
real(kind=dp) pthta,alogp,alogpd,alogpu,thta,f,dfdp,p1
real(kind=dp) t1,resid,potdwn,potup,pdwn,pup,epsln,thta1
integer i,j,kout,n,maxit,nmax,resmax
real(kind=dp) :: log_resmax, log_pthta, log_t1, log_dummy, log_residAbsolute, sign_of_f
real(kind=dp) :: log_epsln, log_pdwn, log_pup, log_thta, log_thta1, log_p1, log_dfdp, log_f
logical :: residIsPositive, resmaxIsPositive, residIsBigger
log_resmax = log(log_resmax)
resmaxIsPositive = .true.
kappa = 2._dp/7._dp
epsln = 1._dp
potdwn = 259.39996337890625_dp
potup = 268.41687198359159_dp
pdwn = 100000.00000000000_dp
pup = 92500.000000000000_dp
alogpu = 11.43496392350051_dp
alogpd = 11.512925464970229_dp
thta = 260.00000000000000_dp
alogp = 11.512925464970229_dp
log_epsln = log(epsln)
log_pup = log(pup)
log_pdwn = log(pdwn)
log_thta = log(thta)
! known temperature at lower level
tdwn = potdwn * (pdwn/1.e5_dp)**kappa
! known temperature at upper level
tup = potup *(pup/1.e5_dp)** kappa
! linear change of temperature wrt lnP between different levels
dltdlp = log(tup/tdwn)/(alogpu-alogpd)
! ln(T) value(intercept) where Pressure is 1 Pa and assume a linear
! relationship between P and T
interc = log(tup) - dltdlp*alogpu
! Initial guess value for pressure
!pthta = exp( (log(thta)-interc-kappa*alogp) / (dltdlp-kappa) )
log_pthta = ( log_thta - interc - kappa*alogp ) / ( dltdlp - kappa )
n=0
MyDoLoop: do
!First guess of temperature at intermediate level
!t1 = exp(dltdlp * log(pthta)+interc)
log_t1 = dltdlp * log_pthta + interc
!Residual error when calculating Newton Raphson iteration(Pascal)
!resid = pthta - 1.e5_dp*(t1/thta)**(1._dp/kappa)
log_dummy = log(1.e5_dp) + ( log_t1 - log_thta ) / kappa
if (log_pthta>=log_dummy) then
residIsPositive = .true.
log_residAbsolute = log_pthta + log( 1._dp - exp(log_dummy-log_pthta) )
else
residIsPositive = .false.
log_residAbsolute = log_dummy + log( 1._dp - exp(log_pthta-log_dummy) )
end if
print *, "log-transformed values:"
print *, dltdlp,interc,log_t1,log_residAbsolute,log_pthta
print *, "non-log-transformed values:"
if (residIsPositive) print *, dltdlp,interc,exp(log_t1),exp(log_residAbsolute),exp(log_pthta)
if (.not.residIsPositive) print *, dltdlp,interc,exp(log_t1),-exp(log_residAbsolute),exp(log_pthta)
!if (abs(resid) > epsln) then
if ( log_residAbsolute > log_epsln ) then
n=n+1
if (n <= nmax) then
! First guess of potential temperature given T1 and
! pressure level guess
!thta1 = t1 * (1.e5_dp/pthta)**kappa
log_thta1 = log_t1 + ( log(1.e5_dp)-log_pthta ) * kappa
!f = thta - thta1
if ( log_thta>=thta1 ) then
log_f = log_thta + log( 1._dp - exp( log_thta1 - log_thta ) )
sign_of_f = 1._dp
else
log_f = log_thta + log( 1._dp - exp( log_thta - log_thta1 ) )
sign_of_f = 1._dp
end if
!dfdp = (kappa-dltdlp)*(1.e5_dp/pthta)**kappa*exp(interc + (dltdlp -1._dp)*log(pthta))
! assuming kappa-dltdlp>0 is TRUE always:
log_dfdp = log(kappa-dltdlp) + kappa*(log(1.e5_dp)-log_pthta) + interc + (dltdlp -1._dp)*log_pthta
!p1 = pthta - f/dfdp
! p1 should be, by definition, positive. Therefore:
log_dummy = log_f - log_dfdp
if (log_pthta>=log_dummy) then
log_p1 = log_pthta + log( 1._dp - sign_of_f*exp(log_dummy-log_pthta) )
else
log_p1 = log_dummy + log( 1._dp - sign_of_f*exp(log_pthta-log_dummy) )
end if
!if (p1 <= pdwn) then
if (log_p1 <= log_pdwn) then
!if (p1 >= pup) then
if (log_p1 >= log_pup) then
log_pthta = log_p1
cycle MyDoLoop
else
n = nmax
end if
end if
else
!if (resid > resmax) resmax = resid
residIsBigger = ( residIsPositive .and. resmaxIsPositive .and. log_residAbsolute>log_resmax ) .or. &
( .not.residIsPositive .and. .not.resmaxIsPositive .and. log_residAbsolute<log_resmax ) .or. &
( residIsPositive .and. .not. resmaxIsPositive )
if ( residIsBigger ) then
log_resmax = log_residAbsolute
resmaxIsPositive = residIsPositive
end if
maxit = maxit+1
end if
end if
exit MyDoLoop
end do MyDoLoop
end program test
Here is a sample output of this program, which agrees well with the output of the original code:
log-transformed values:
-0.152580456940175 7.31501855886952 5.55917546888014
-22.4565579499410 11.5076538974964
non-log-transformed values:
-0.152580456940175 7.31501855886952 259.608692604963
-1.767017293116268E-010 99474.2302854451
For comparison, here is the output from the original code:
-0.152580456940175 7.31501855886952 259.608692604963
-8.731149137020111E-011 99474.2302854451

Understanding DEL2 function in Matlab in order to code it in C++

in order to code the DEL2 matlab function in c++ I need to understand the algorithm. I've managed to code the function for elements of the matrix that are not on the borders or the edges.
I've seen several topics about it and read the MATLAB code by typing "edit del2" or "type del2" but I don't understand the calculations that are made to obtain the borders and the edges.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
You want to approximate u'' knowing only the value of u on the right (or the left) of a point.
In order to have a second order approximation, you need 3 equations (basic taylor expansion):
u(i+1) = u(i) + h u' + (1/2) h^2 u'' + (1/6) h^3 u''' + O(h^4)
u(i+2) = u(i) + 2 h u' + (4/2) h^2 u'' + (8/6) h^3 u''' + O(h^4)
u(i+3) = u(i) + 3 h u' + (9/2) h^2 u'' + (27/6) h^3 u''' + O(h^4)
Solving for u'' gives (1):
h^2 u'' = -5 u(i+1) + 4 u(i+2) - u(i+3) + 2 u(i) +O(h^4)
To get the laplacian you need to replace the traditional formula with this one on the borders.
For example where "i = 0" you'll have:
del2(u) (i=0,j) = [-5 u(i+1,j) + 4 u(i+2,j) - u(i+3,j) + 2 u(i,j) + u(i,j+1) + u(i,j-1) - 2u(i,j) ]/h^2
EDIT clarifications:
The laplacian is the sum of the 2nd derivatives in the x and in the y directions. You can calculate the second derivative with the formula (2)
u'' = (u(i+1) + u(i-1) - 2u(i))/h^2
if you have both u(i+1) and u(i-1). If i=0 or i=imax you can use the first formula I wrote to compute the derivatives (notice that due to the simmetry of the 2nd derivative, if i = imax you can just replace "i+k" with "i-k"). The same applies for the y (j) direction:
On the edges you can mix up the formulas (1) and (2):
del2(u) (i=imax,j) = [-5 u(i-1,j) + 4 u(i-2,j) - u(i-3,j) + 2 u(i,j) + u(i,j+1) + u(i,j-1) - 2u(i,j) ]/h^2
del2(u) (i,j=0) = [-5 u(i,j+1) + 4 u(i,j+2) - u(i,j+3) + 2 u(i,j) + u(i+1,j) + u(i-1,j) - 2u(i,j) ]/h^2
del2(u) (i,j=jmax) = [-5 u(i,j-1) + 4 u(i,j-2) - u(i,j-3) + 2 u(i,j) + u(i+1,j) + u(i-1,j) - 2u(i,j) ]/h^2
And on the corners you'll just use (1) two times for both directions.
del2(u) (i=0,j=0) = [-5 u(i,j+1) + 4 u(i,j+2) - u(i,j+3) + 2 u(i,j) + -5 u(i,j+1) + 4 u(i+2,j) - u(i+3,j) + 2 u(i,j)]/h^2
Del2 is the 2nd order discrete laplacian, i.e. it permits to approximate the laplacian of a real continuous function given its values on a square cartesian grid NxN where the distance between two adjacent nodes is h.
h^2 is just a constant dimensional-factor, you can get the matlab implementation from these formulas by setting h^2 = 4.
For example, if you want to compute the real laplacian of u(x,y) on the (0,L) x (0,L) square, what you do is writing down the values of this function on an NxN cartesian grid, i.e. you calculate u(0,0), u(L/(N-1),0), u(2L/(N-1),0) ... u( (N-1)L/(N-1) =L,0) ... u(0,L/(N-1)), u(L/(N-1),L/(N-1)) etc. and you put down these N^2 values in a matrix A.
Then you'll have
ans = 4*del2(A)/h^2, where h = L/(N-1).
del2 will return the exact value of the continuous laplacian if your starting function is linear or quadratic (x^2+y^2 fine, x^3 + y^3 not fine). If the function is not linear nor quadratic, the result will be more accurate the more points you use (i.e. in the limit h -> 0)
I hope this is more clear, notice that i used 0-based indices for accessing matrix (C/C++ array style), while matlab uses 1-based.
DEL2 in MatLab represents Discrete Laplace operator, you can find some information about it here.
The main thing about the edges is that elements in the interior of the matrix have four neighbors, while elements on the edges and corners have three or two neighbors respectfully. So you calculate the corners and edges the same way, but using less elements.
Here is a module I wrote in Fortran 90 that replicates the "del2()" operator in MATLAB implementing the above ideas. It only works for arrays that that are atleast 4x4 or larger. It works successfully when I run it so I thought I would post it so that other people dont have to waste time making their own.
module del2_mod
implicit none
real, private :: pi
integer, private :: nr, nc, i, j, k
contains
! nr is number of rows in array, while nc is the number of columns in the array.
!!----------------------------------------------------------
subroutine del2(in, out)
real, dimension(:,:) :: in, out
real, dimension(nr,nc) :: interior, left, right, top, bottom, ul_corner, br_corner, disp
integer :: i, j
real :: h, ul, ur, bl, br
! Zero out internal arrays
out = 0.0; interior=0.0; left = 0.0; right = 0.0; top = 0.0; bottom = 0.0; ul_corner = 0.0; br_corner = 0.0;
h=2.0
! Interior Points
do j=1,nc
do i=1,nr
! Interior Point Calculations
if( j>1 .and. j<nc .and. i>1 .and. i<nr )then
interior(i,j) = ((in(i-1,j) + in(i+1,j) + in(i,j-1) + in(i,j+1)) - 4*in(i,j) )/(h**2)
end if
! Boundary Conditions for Left and Right edges
left(i,1) = (-5.0*in(i,2) + 4.0*in(i,3) - in(i,4) + 2.0*in(i,1) + in(i+1,1) + in(i-1,1) - 2.0*in(i,1) )/(h**2)
right(i,nc) = (-5.0*in(i,nc-1) + 4.0*in(i,nc-2) - in(i,nc-3) + 2.0*in(i,nc) + in(i+1,nc) + in(i-1,nc) - 2.0*in(i,nc) )/(h**2)
end do
! Boundary Conditions for Top and Bottom edges
top(1,j) = (-5.0*in(2,j) + 4.0*in(3,j) - in(4,j) + 2.0*in(1,j) + in(1,j+1) + in(1,j-1) - 2.0*in(1,j) )/(h**2)
bottom(nr,j) = (-5.0*in(nr-1,j) + 4.0*in(nr-2,j) - in(nr-3,j) + 2.0*in(nr,j) + in(nr,j+1) + in(nr,j-1) - 2.0*in(nr,j) )/(h**2)
end do
out = interior + left + right + top + bottom
! Calculate BC for the corners
ul = (-5.0*in(1,2) + 4.0*in(1,3) - in(1,4) + 2.0*in(1,1) - 5.0*in(2,1) + 4.0*in(3,1) - in(4,1) + 2.0*in(1,1))/(h**2)
br = (-5.0*in(nr,nc-1) + 4.0*in(nr,nc-2) - in(nr,nc-3) + 2.0*in(nr,nc) - 5.0*in(nr-1,nc) + 4.0*in(nr-2,nc) - in(nr-3,nc) + 2.0*in(nr,nc))/(h**2)
bl = (-5.0*in(nr,2) + 4.0*in(nr,3) - in(nr,4) + 2.0*in(nr,1) - 5.0*in(nr-1,1) + 4.0*in(nr-2,1) - in(nr-3,1) + 2.0*in(nr,1))/(h**2)
ur = (-5.0*in(1,nc-1) + 4.0*in(1,nc-2) - in(1,nc-3) + 2.0*in(1,nc) - 5.0*in(2,nc) + 4.0*in(3,nc) - in(4,nc) + 2.0*in(1,nc))/(h**2)
! Apply BC for the corners
out(1,1)=ul
out(1,nc)=ur
out(nr,1)=bl
out(nr,nc)=br
end subroutine
end module
It's so hard! I wasted a few hours to understand and implement it in Java.
Here is: https://gist.github.com/emersonmoretto/dec8f7125c032775da0d
Tested and compared to the original function DEL2 (Matlab)
I've found a typo in sbabbi response:
del2(u) (i=0,j=0) = [-5 u(i,j+1) + 4 u(i,j+2) - u(i,j+3) + 2 u(i,j) + -5 u(i,j+1) + 4 u(i+2,j) - u(i+3,j) + 2 u(i,j)]/h^2
is
del2(u) (i=0,j=0) = [-5 u(i,j+1) + 4 u(i,j+2) - u(i,j+3) + 2 u(i,j) + -5 u(i+1,j) + 4 u(i+2,j) - u(i+3,j) + 2 u(i,j)]/h^2