Re: Coupled Diff Eqn
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- Subject: [mg15940] Re: Coupled Diff Eqn
- From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:34:05 -0500
- Organization: University of Western Australia
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Scubaflyer wrote: > Is there a way to solve the following equation in Mathematica (1st der > => ' , 2nd Der '' ) > > P1' [t] - P2' [t] = A x '' [t] + B x' [t] + C x[t] > > knowing: > A, B,C, x[0], x' [0], P1 [0], P2[0] To solve the equation, as stated, you either need to know P1[t] and P2[t] or have their differential equations (giving you a coupled set of 3 differential equations). Cheers, Paul ____________________________________________________________________ Paul Abbott Phone: +61-8-9380-2734 Department of Physics Fax: +61-8-9380-1014 The University of Western Australia Nedlands WA 6907 mailto:paul at physics.uwa.edu.au AUSTRALIA http://www.physics.uwa.edu.au/~paul God IS a weakly left-handed dice player ____________________________________________________________________