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Re: Re: NDSolve Question

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  • Subject: [mg86459] Re: [mg86427] Re: NDSolve Question
  • From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
  • Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:45:01 -0500 (EST)
  • Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net

The e-mail that was quoted in your reply was not what I sent. Some characters (plus signs) got lost on the way. The function was modified to x[t] plus 2 in the DSolve example and to q plus 2 in definition of f. I have resent the input/output.

f[q_?NumericQ] := q; 
 
This function is not very useful as an example since 
 
DSolve[{x'[t] == x[t], x[0] == 0}, x[t], t][[1]] 
 
{x[t] -> 0} 
 
With a slight change 
 
DSolve[{x'[t] == x[t] + 2, x[0] == 0}, x[t], t][[1]] 
 
{x[t] -> 2*(-1 + E^t)} 
 
f[q_?NumericQ] := q + 2; 
 
Note that NumericQ is better than NumberQ so that f will evaluate with arguments 
like Pi or E 
 
f[3 Pi] 
 
2 + 3*Pi 
 
sol = NDSolve[{x'[t] == f[x[t]], x[0] == 0}, x, {t, 0, 1}][[1]]; 
 
Plot[x[t] /. sol, {t, 0, 1}] 


Bob Hanlon

---- Jerry <Jer75811 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> Sir, I tried your suggestions but I never get a plot unless
> I use the init. condition x[0] == 1 as suggested by
> jwmerrill. So I guess I still don't understand the issues.
> Thanks.
> 
> Bob Hanlon wrote:
> > f[q_?NumericQ] := q;
> > 
> > This function is not very useful as an example since
> > 
> > DSolve[{x'[t] == x[t], x[0] == 0}, x[t], t][[1]]
> > 
> > {x[t] -> 0}
> > 
> > With a slight change
> > 
> > DSolve[{x'[t] == x[t]  2, x[0] == 0}, x[t], t][[1]]
> > 
> > {x[t] -> 2*(-1  E^t)}
> > 
> > f[q_?NumericQ] := q  2;
> > 
> > Note that NumericQ is better than NumberQ so that f will evaluate with arguments like Pi or E
> > 
> > f[3 Pi]
> > 
> > 2  3*Pi
> > 
> > sol = NDSolve[{x'[t] == f[x[t]], x[0] == 0}, x, {t, 0, 1}][[1]];
> > 
> > Plot[x[t] /. sol, {t, 0, 1}]
> > 
> > 
> > Bob Hanlon
> > 
> > ---- Jerry <Jer75811 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> >> Sir, I tried this and I only get plot axes, no graph.
> >>
> >> f[q_?NumberQ] := q
> >> sol = NDSolve[{x'[t] == f[x[t]], x[0] == 0}, {x}, {t, 0, 1}]
> >> Plot[x[t] /. sol, {t, 0, 1}]
> >>
> >> In place of {x} in sol I tried x and x[t] with no change.
> >> In Plot I tried x instead of x[t], no help.
> >>
> >> Can you give me a successful example? Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> David Park wrote:
> >>> I found the answer, which is to use:
> >>>
> >>> f[q_?NumberQ]:= ...
> >>>
> >>> which prevents an initial evaluation.
> >>>
> > 
> > 
> 



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