def RK4(f): return lambda t, y, dt: ( lambda dy1: ( lambda dy2: ( lambda dy3: ( lambda dy4: (dy1 + 2*dy2 + 2*dy3 + dy4)/6 )( dt * f( t + dt , y + dy3 ) ) )( dt * f( t + dt/2, y + dy2/2 ) ) )( dt * f( t + dt/2, y + dy1/2 ) ) )( dt * f( t , y ) ) def theory(t): return (t**2 + 4)**2 /16 from math import sqrt dy = RK4(lambda t, y: t*sqrt(y)) t, y, dt = 0., 1., .1 while t <= 10: if abs(round(t) - t) < 1e-5: print("y(%2.1f)\t= %4.6f \t error: %4.6g" % ( t, y, abs(y - theory(t)))) t, y = t + dt, y + dy( t, y, dt )