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General--Differential equation problem..

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  • Subject: [mg66284] General--Differential equation problem..
  • From: randomtalk at gmail.com
  • Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 00:42:46 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

hello, i was trying to solve a set of differential equations needed for a school project.. However, i'm completely new to mathematica 5.0, and i have downloaded trial, here is what i inputed into the software:

In[2]:=
DSolve[{x'[s] == Cos[z], y'[s] == Sin[z], z'[s] == 1/r, r == 2}, {x, y, z}, s]

returns this error: DSolve::dvnoarg: The function z appears with no arguments.

Is there anything wrong with what i inputed? The differential equations came from this website: http://fy.chalmers.se/LISEBERG/eng/loop_pe.html

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