Mathematica and Mathieu DEQ Results?
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- Subject: [mg91134] Mathematica and Mathieu DEQ Results?
- From: amzoti <amzoti at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 04:39:05 -0400 (EDT)
Hi All, 1. I am using Mathematica, to solve the following DEQ: DSolve[x''[t] + (4[Pi]^2 - 2((-Pi^2/5) Cos[2 (Pi t)/100])))x[t] == 0, x[t], t] (1) This results in a solution of even and odd Mathieu functions as follows: x[t] = C[1] MathieuC[40000, -2000, Pi*t/100] + C[2] MathieuS[40000, -2000, Pi*t/100] 2. However, according to <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ MathieuDifferentialEquation.html, the result is: x[t] = C[1] MathieuC[4 Pi ^2, -Pi^2/5, Pi*t/100] + C[2] MathieuS[4 Pi ^2, -Pi^2/5, Pi*t/100] (2) a. I am confused why I am getting these totally different results. b. The paper I am reading <epsppd.epfl.ch/Roma/pdf/P2_091.pdf shows three different plots that match with (2) - where I am able to duplicate the results/plots of the paper exactly using this method. Can someone out there shed light on why this is the case? Why can't Mathematica get the same result (or is it that the DEQ does not have a unique solution based on some properties of Mathieu functions)? Any insights are appreciated! ~A