Re: General--Differential equation problem..
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- Subject: [mg66300] Re: General--Differential equation problem..
- From: "Steve Luttrell" <steve_usenet at _removemefirst_luttrell.org.uk>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 00:46:51 -0400 (EDT)
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This works:
DSolve[{Derivative[1][x][s] == Cos[z[s]], Derivative[1][y][s] == Sin[z[s]],
Derivative[1][z][s] == 1/2}, {x, y, z}, s]
Steve Luttrell
West Malvern, UK
<randomtalk at gmail.com> wrote in message news:e3jttb$94n$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> 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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