From 4425fd140701b3eec9b6ec137064d66293d07f63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Rackauckas Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 09:24:03 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update common_solver_opts.md --- docs/src/basics/common_solver_opts.md | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/src/basics/common_solver_opts.md b/docs/src/basics/common_solver_opts.md index cf90afafa2..a6dc3987e1 100644 --- a/docs/src/basics/common_solver_opts.md +++ b/docs/src/basics/common_solver_opts.md @@ -116,10 +116,16 @@ be specified element-wise by passing a vector whose size matches `u0`. * `adaptive`: Turns on adaptive timestepping for appropriate methods. Default is true. -* `abstol`: Absolute tolerance in adaptive timestepping. Defaults to 1e-6. -* `reltol`: Relative tolerance in adaptive timestepping. Defaults to 1e-3. +* `abstol`: Absolute tolerance in adaptive timestepping. This is the tolerance + on local error estimatoes, not necessarily the global error (though these quantities + are related). Defaults to `1e-6` on deterministic equations (ODEs/DDEs/DAEs) and `1e-2` + on stochastic equations (SDEs/RODEs). +* `reltol`: Relative tolerance in adaptive timestepping. This is the tolerance + on local error estimatoes, not necessarily the global error (though these quantities + are related). Defaults to `1e-3` on deterministic equations (ODEs/DDEs/DAEs) and `1e-2` + on stochastic equations (SDEs/RODEs). * `dt`: Sets the initial stepsize. This is also the stepsize for fixed - timestep methods. Defaults to an automatic choice. + timestep methods. Defaults to an automatic choice if the method is adaptive. * `dtmax`: Maximum dt for adaptive timestepping. Defaults are package-dependent. * `dtmin`: Minimum dt for adaptive timestepping. Defaults are