dsolve?
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- Subject: [mg57001] dsolve?
- From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 02:32:49 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
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Dear Mathematica Gurus:
In trying to find the area under a curve for polytropic compression of
an ideal gas, I have run into a problem with DSolve. I have two
workarounds, which are listed below, but I want to use DSolve. Any
suggestions?
Problem Code:
DSolve[{Derivative[1][W][V]==(P1*V1^k)/V^k,W[V1]==0},W,V]
"For some branches of the general solution, the given boundary conditions lead \
to an empty solution."
Workaround 1:
Assuming[{V1>V2>0},Integrate[(P1*V1^k)/V^k,{V,V1,V2}]]
Workaround 2:
First[DSolve[{Derivative[1][W][V]==(P1*V1^k)/V^k},W,V]]
First[Solve[W[V1]==0/.%,C[1]]]
FullSimplify[W[V]/.%%/.%]
Thank you for your valuable time,
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Chris Chiasson
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