NDSolve for catenary
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- Subject: [mg111340] NDSolve for catenary
- From: Sam Takoy <sam.takoy at yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:53:57 -0400 (EDT)
Hi,
This:
NDSolve[{ 1 + r'[x]^2 - r[x] r''[x] == 0, r[0] == r[1] == 1}, r, {x, 0, 1}]
should solve the catenary problem, but it gives 1/0 errors. Can you
suggest a fix?
Many thanks!
Sam