Re: DSolve validation
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- Subject: [mg34020] Re: [mg33989] DSolve validation
- From: BobHanlon at aol.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 03:28:08 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
In a message dated 4/25/02 5:38:34 AM, vvb at mail.strace.net writes:
>It's easy to double check the DSolve output here:
>
> In[1] := ode1 = y''[x] + x y'[x] == 0;
>
> In[2] := sol1 = DSolve[ode1, y[x], x]
> Out[2] = {{y[x] -> C[2] + Sqrt[Pi/2]*C[1]*Erf[x/Sqrt[2]]}}
>
> In[3] := ode1 /. D[sol1, x, x] /. D[sol1, x]
> Out[3] = {{True}}
>
>Life is great! Inspirited with the success, let's consider this ODE.
>
> In[4] := ode1 = y''[x] + x y[x] == 0;
>
> In[5] := sol1 = DSolve[ode1, y[x], x]
> Out[5] = {{y[x] -> AiryAi[(-1)^(1/3)*x]*C[1] +
AiryBi[(-1)^(1/3)*x]*C[2]}}
>
> In[6] := ode1 /. D[sol1, x, x] /. D[sol1, x]
> Out[6] = {{-(x*AiryAi[(-1)^(1/3)*x]*C[1]) - x*AiryBi[(-1)^(1/3)*x]*C[2]
>+ x*y[x] == 0}}
>
>
>(* Oops! The trick does not work ;-( *)
>
> In[7] := ode1 /. D[sol1, x, x] /. D[sol1, x]//FullSimplify
> Out[7] = {{x*(AiryAi[(-1)^(1/3)*x]*C[1] + AiryBi[(-1)^(1/3)*x]*C[2]
>- y[x]) == 0}}
>
>
>(* Not great, again *)
>
> In[8] := ode1 /. D[sol1, x, x] /. D[sol1, x] // ComplexExpand //
>FullSimplify
> Out[8] = {{x*(AiryAi[(-1)^(1/3)*x]*C[1] + AiryBi[(-1)^(1/3)*x]*C[2]
>- y[x]) == 0}}
>
>(* etc etc etc *)
>
>
>'Fraid, the same double check trouble holds for the hundreds ODEs I have
>tried 8-(
>
>What might be a more or less streamlined way to validate the DSolve
solutions?
>Any module (publicly) available? Any (including halp-baked & raw) ideas
>& hints?
>
You have to substitute for the function as well as the derivatives. In
general use,
NestList[D[#,x]&, sol, n]
where n is the highest order derivative required.
ode1=y''[x]+x y'[x]==0;
sol1=DSolve[ode1,y[x],x]//Flatten;
drv1 = NestList[D[#,x]&, sol1, 2]//Flatten;
ode1 /. drv1
True
ode2=y''[x]+x y[x]==0;
sol2=DSolve[ode2,y[x],x]//Flatten;
drv2 = NestList[D[#,x]&, sol2, 2]//Flatten;
ode2 /. drv2 // Simplify
True
Bob Hanlon
Chantilly, VA USA