Re: How to Clear y'[0]
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- Subject: [mg57251] Re: [mg57233] How to Clear y'[0]
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 00:14:16 -0400 (EDT)
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Clear[y]; will clear y[0] y[0]=1; Clear[y]; Simplify[DSolve[{y''[t]==y[t],y[0]==1},y[t],t]] {{y[t] -> C[2]/E^t - E^t*(C[2] - 1)}} Bob Hanlon > > From: "Joseph Fagan" <noemailplease at nowhere.ru> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Date: 2005/05/21 Sat AM 02:40:21 EDT > Subject: [mg57251] [mg57233] How to Clear y'[0] > > Newbie. > Acidently input > DSolve[{y''[t] == y[t], y[0] = 1}, y, t] > > and end up setting y[0] to 1, instead of > > DSolve[{y''[t] == y[t], y[0] == 1}, y, t] > > However > > Clear[ y , y[0] , "y*" ] > > fails to Clear y[0] (not a symbol or a string) and I need to exit the > program and start again. >