Re: coding problem
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- Subject: [mg60183] Re: coding problem
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 05:28:48 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, U.K.
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Ming Hong wrote:
> I am trying to solve the following equations:
>
> xy''+(1+x)y'=0
> xy'(0)=-1/2
> y(Infinity)=0
>
> Here is what I put into Mathematica:
>
> Dsolve[{x*y''[x]+(1+x)*y'[x]==0,x*y'[0]==-1/2,y[Infinity]==0},y,x]
>
> It didn't work and I can not figure out why.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Ming
>
Hi Ming,
*DSolve* must be written with a capital "D" _and_ a capital "S".
Nevertheless, it seems that your equation do not have a solution for the
given conditions.
In[1]:=
DSolve[{x*Derivative[2][y][x] + (1 + x)*Derivative[1][y][x] == 0,
x*Derivative[1][y][0] == -2^(-1),
y[Infinity] == 0}, y, x]
Divide::infy: Infinite expression 1/0 encountered.
DSolve::bvnul: For some branches of the general solution, the given
boundary conditions lead to an empty solution. More...
Out[1]=
{}
In[4]:=
$Version
Out[4]=
"5.2 for Microsoft Windows (June 20, 2005)"
Best regards,
/J.M.