Re: A "singular" equation
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- Subject: [mg14726] Re: A "singular" equation
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 17:53:32 -0500
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Patrick McLean wrote in message <728ke6$ego at smc.vnet.net>...
>Trying to solve an ode ("Euler's" equation) Mathematica consistently
>crashes as follows:
>
>% math
>Mathematica 3.0 for Solaris
>Copyright 1988-96 Wolfram Research, Inc.
> -- Terminal graphics initialized --
>
>In[1]:= DSolve[(1-x^2)y'[x]^2==(1-y[x]^2),y[x],x] Bus Error (core
>dumped)
>%
>
>This seems pretty bad form, I must say.
>
Patrick,
I agree that it should work.
Not that it is any consolation, but it calculates OK on Windows.
Alllan