Using the solution of a differential equation and minimizing the solution.
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- Subject: [mg60751] Using the solution of a differential equation and minimizing the solution.
- From: jctobin at gmail.com
- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 03:45:21 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi all, I am working in beam physics.I am getting used to mathematica now.But feel little uncomfortable doing few things. Now I solved a differential (simulataneous ) equation in {X''(z),Y''(z),X(z),Y(z)} with four intial conditons and getting the answer for X & Y in interpolating function.I plot it for required z and its all fine and great and FAST!! Question 1: Now I want to find the minimum of this solution X(z).How do i use the function FindMinimum for this interpolating function? Question 2: In the long run I want to find the value of the intial conditions of the differential equation that will minimize ||X(zlast)-X(zfirst)|| from the solution of the differential equation?Any idea..Its a challenging problem. regards, Beam Crazy