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MATLAB. For solving the circuit equations in state variable form, the Runge-
Kutta method has been implemented on the SV form equations. The results show
the SV approach speeds up the calculation significantly. Although the problem
is still solved for a one-dimensional time marching problem, the successful for-
mulation of state space equations allows us to model the problem in a 2-D way,
enabling us to explore the hypothesis that we can solve the problem with less
dependency on time, by partitioning the circuit into subcircuits and considering
them as states to solve independently.
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