NDSolve and Parametric Plot
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- Subject: [mg85430] NDSolve and Parametric Plot
- From: Alex Cloninger <acloninger at wustl.edu>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:17:48 -0500 (EST)
So I'm trying to run a simple program that will solve this series of differential equations and plot the the x[t] function in the complex plane. Here's my code.
solution = NDSolve[{x'[t] == 2p[t], x[0] == 2, p'[t] == -2x[t], p[0] == Sqrt[-3]}, {x, p}, {t, 0, 2*Ï?}]
repart[t_] := Re[x[t] /. solution]
impart[t_] := Im[x[t] /. solution]
ParametricPlot[{repart[t], impart[t]}, {t, 0, 2Ï?}, PlotRange -> {{-2, 2}, {-2,2}}]
For some reason, when I go to plot the curve, I get an error saying
ParametricPlot::pptr: {repart[t], impart[t]} does not evaluate to a pair of real numbers at t=2.617993877991494`*^-7
What's going on? Could someone please help me with this?