Re: How to solve this equation?
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- Subject: [mg72188] Re: How to solve this equation?
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:49:02 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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learner wrote:
> hi,
> I am trying to solve y'+y tanx=sin(2x)
>
> i wrote NSolve[{Derivative[1][y][x]+y Tan[x]==Sin[2x]},y,x] but get
> something like
>
> {{y->cot[x](sin[2x]-y`[x]}}
>
> I want to set a restraint to say y=2 when x=0, how shoud i do it?
>
> many thanks!!!
>
For differential equations, the functions that must be used are DSolve
[1] or NDSolve [2]. (Especially, read the sections called "Further
Examples"). A general presentation can be found in The Mathematica Book.
(For instance see [3].) Detail explanations of all the intricacies can
be found in [4].
In[1]:=
DSolve[{Derivative[1][y][x] + y[x]*Tan[x] == Sin[2*x]}, y, x]
Out[1]=
{{y -> Function[{x}, C[1]*Cos[x] - 2*Cos[x]^2]}}
In[2]:=
DSolve[{Derivative[1][y][x] + y[x]*Tan[x] == Sin[2*x], y[0] == 2}, y,
x]
Out[2]=
{{y -> Function[{x}, -2*(-2*Cos[x] + Cos[x]^2)]}}
Regards,
Jean-Marc
1. http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/functions/DSolve
2. http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/functions/NDSolve
3. http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/book/section-1.5.9
4.
http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/Built-inFunctions/AdvancedDocumentation/DifferentialEquations/