Wave Equation
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- Subject: [mg3150] Wave Equation
- From: kpk at colossus.Storz.Com (Kevin P. Kepley)
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 03:00:10 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hello, I am working with steady state, longitudinal, standing waves on a multi-section bar. This is a boundary value problem. I can express the displacement n, and force f at one end of a section in terms of these parameters at the other end, plus several other variables. I start at one end of the bar, and express n and f at each section boundary in terms of n and f at the last boundary as I work my way to the other end. The problem is that I end up with nested functions which become horribly long after 4 or 5 sections. If I were programming this in C, I would calculate one section at a time and put the whole lot in a C function. I could then run this multiple times while changing the desired variable until I achieve the desired boundary condition (n or f) at the other end, and I wouldn't have the problem of the nested function. I want to use the graphing capabilities of Mathematica, and would like to find an efficient way to do this in Mathematica rather than writing a bunch of programs. Is there a way to do the equivalent of a subroutine in Mathematica? I have been searching through the text and haven't been able to find anything. Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give. kevin kepley kpk at Storz.Com ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====