Re: How do I get a DSolve'd function
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- Subject: [mg54397] Re: How do I get a DSolve'd function
- From: highegg at centrum.cz (highegg)
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:07:55 -0500 (EST)
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On 18 Feb 05 20:11:37 -0500 (EST), Skirmantas wrote:
>I hope this is the last question for now.
>
>I can solve a differential equation and plot it by doing something
>like this:
>
>sol=DSolve[{f'[x]==-3f[x],f[0]==10},f,x]
>Plot[f/.sol,{x,0,10}]
>
>But how do I get the function f[x] itself? I want to be able to input
>f[x] and get its definition. Or do Plot[f[x],{x,0,10}]. Or define
>y[x_]:=f[x]^2.
>
>f[x]/.sol or f[x_]:=f[x]/.sol or f[x_]:=sol[[n,n,n]] do not work.
>
>What if the solution is a function with many variables, say u[x,y,z]?
>What's the correct way to "get" it?
Hello,
that's because DSolve (like all Solve statements) always generates a
list of solutions, even if there's a single one.
You must therefore extract the one you are interested in by doing
f /. First[sol]
this gives you the function.
f/. sol gives you a list of functions.
regards,
Jaroslav