Re: Can someone tell me why NDsolve isn't working here?
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- Subject: [mg44040] Re: Can someone tell me why NDsolve isn't working here?
- From: "Eckhard Hennig" <aidev at n-o-s-p-a-m.kaninkolo.de>
- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 01:10:34 -0400 (EDT)
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"Mizrandir" <mizrandir at hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:bmqplo$rhb$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Hello, Im trying to solve a system of 6 differential equations with > NDSolve but I can't get Mathematica to do it. I wrote: [...] > And Mathematica gave me the following error: > > NDSolve::"ndode": "Input is not an ordinary differential equation." You're getting this error because your equations are of DAE type (differential-algebraic equations) rather than ODE. Unlike ODEs, DAEs involve algebraic (i.e. non-differential) constraints, such as Ry[t] + Fy[t] == 0. NDSolve cannot solve this type of equations, at least for Mathematica versions < 5. You can try to solve your equations with the NDAESolve command from Analog Insydes (www.analog-insydes.de), which has been designed for solving electrical circuit equations. Its trapezoidal integrator may not be ideal for your application though (looks to me like a mechanical system where energy conservation is important). Best regards, Eckhard -- Dr.-Ing. Eckhard Hennig www.kaninkolo.de/ai aidev \at kaninkolo \dot de