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Re: Problem with partial differential equations

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  • Subject: [mg23400] Re: Problem with partial differential equations
  • From: Roland Franzius <Roland.Franzius at uos.de>
  • Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 02:26:44 -0400 (EDT)
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  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hi Max,
seems to work if you use delayed definitions (at evalutation time) 

> P1[x_,t_]:=2x^2;
> P2[x_,t_]:=2(x+t)^2;
> Diff=0.2;
> G[x_]:=Exp[-x^2];

probably a problem of fixing variables to numbers 

Max Ulbrich wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem with a partial differential equation.
> I want to solve a diffusion problem in a time-dependent potential.
> It works with the potential P1, but not with P2.
> Can someone help me?
> 
> P1[x_,t_]=2x^2;
> P2[x_,t_]=2(x+t)^2;
> Diff=0.2;
> G[x_]=Exp[-x^2];
> solution=n/.First[
>       NDSolve[{Derivative[0,1][n][x,t]==
> 
> Diff*Derivative[2,0][n][x,t]+n[x,t]*Derivative[2,0][P1][x,t]+
> 
> Derivative[1,0][n][x,t]*Derivative[1,0][P1][x,t],n[x,0]==G[x],
>           n[-3,t]==G[-3],n[3,t]==G[3]},n,{x,-3,3},{t,0,4},
>         StartingStepSize->0.05]];
> Plot3D[solution[x,t],{x,-2,2},{t,0,4}];
> 
> Max Ulbrich
> ulbrich at biochem.mpg.de

-- 
Roland Franzius

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