Re: DSolve with recursively defined equations
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- Subject: [mg53772] Re: DSolve with recursively defined equations
- From: Roland Franzius <roland.franzius at uos.de>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 05:41:07 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Universitaet Hannover
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pdickof at sasktel.net wrote:
> DSolve can handle this....
> eq[0] = n0'[d] == -r n0[d];
> eq[1] = n1'[d] == r(n0[d] - n1[d]);
> eq[2] = n2'[d] == r(n1[d] - n2[d]);
> in[0] = n0[0] == 1;
> in[1] = n1[0] == 0;
> in[2] = n2[0] == 0;
> eqns = Flatten[Table[{eq[i], in[i]}, {i, 0, 2}]];
> funcs = {n0[d], n1[d], n2[d]};
> DSolve[eqns, funcs, d]
>
> ...but when I try to generalize to the following ...
> Remove[nn, eq, in, eqns, funcs];
> iCount=2;
> eq[0] = nn'[0, d] == -r nn[0, d];
> eq[i_] := nn'[i, d] == r(nn[i - 1, d] - nn[i, d]);
> in[0] = nn[0, 0] == 1;
> in[i_] := nn[i, 0] == 0;
> eqns = Flatten[Table[{eq[i], in[i]}, {i, 0, iCount}]];
> funcs = Table[nn[i, d], {i, 0, iCount}];
> DSolve[eqns, funcs, d]
>
> ...I get the message
> DSolve::bvnul: For some branches of the general solution, \
> the given boundary conditions lead to an empty solution.
>
> I don't understand the difference. Is it possible to generalize as
> above? Is it possible to obtain a general solution for the ith
> equation? What are the relevant sections in the documentation?
nn'[1,d] is defined as the Derivative wrt. to the first argument and
even this notation is misinterpreted by Mathematica if you swap 1,d.
Working alternatives:
Separate index and Variable
Remove[nn, eq, in, eqns, funcs];
iCount = 2;
eq[0] = nn[0]'[d] == -r nn[0][d];
eq[i_] := nn[i]'[d] == r(nn[i - 1][d] - nn[i][d]);
in[0] = nn[0][0] == 1;
in[i_] := nn[i][0] == 0;
eqns = Flatten[Table[{eq[i], in[i]}, {i, 0, iCount}]];
funcs = Table[nn[i][d], {i, 0, iCount}];
DSolve[eqns, funcs, d]
or write Derivative's arguments explicitely
eq[0] = D[nn[d,0,d]] == -r nn[d,0];
eq[i_] := D[nn[i,d],d] == r(nn[i - 1,d] - nn[i,d]);
etc.
--
Roland Franzius