What's DSolve's output when it cant find a solution ?
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- Subject: [mg87172] What's DSolve's output when it cant find a solution ?
- From: zerodynamics at gmail.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 05:14:40 -0500 (EST)
Im using Mathematica 6 to look for solutions to a system of nonlinear ODE's. I don't expect a solution, but the only output Im getting is an exact reprint of my input. This usually means that the arguments to the function are incorrect, but Im fairly certain they're OK. Here is my input: In[11]:= Dsolve[{s''[t] + Cot[u[t]/2]*s'[t]*u'[t] == 0, u''[t] - Sin[u[t]]*s'[t]^2 == 0 }, {s[t], u[t]}, t] Out[11]:= Dsolve[{s''[t] + Cot[u[t]/2]*s'[t]*u'[t] == 0, u''[t] - Sin[u[t]]*s'[t]^2 == 0 }, {s[t], u[t]}, t] Is this what I should expect when DSolve can't find a solution ? Also, this is returned immediately without any "Running ... ". Thanks, Dennis