Re: Why doesn't Mathematica solve this simple differential equation?
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- Subject: [mg69243] Re: Why doesn't Mathematica solve this simple differential equation?
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 23:46:27 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Joseph Gwinn wrote:
> Here is the system I'm trying to solve. It's an electrical circuit
> consisting of a capacitor C1 (with initial voltage 4.0 volts), a
> resistor R1, and a diode in series.
>
>
> Approach 1:
>
> eqns11 = {Q1'[t] == -Iloop[t], Q1[t] == C1*Vc[t], Vr[t] ==
> R1*Is*Exp[Vd[t]/0.026], Vc[t] == Vr[t] + Vd[t], Vc[0] == 4.0}
>
> eqns12 = eqns11 /. {C1 -> 1.0*10^-6, R1 -> 16, Is -> 10^-13}
>
> eqns12soln = NDSolve[eqns12, Q1, {t, 0, 1}]
Let's try this one:
eqns11= { Q1'[t]== - Iloop[t], Q1[t]== C1* Vc[t], Vr[t]== R1*Is* Exp[
Vd[t]/0.026], Vc[t]== Vr[t]+ Vd[t], Vc[0]==4.0}
--> {Derivative[1][Q1][t] == -Iloop[t], Q1[t] == C1*Vc[t], Vr[t] ==
E^(38.46153846153846*Vd[t])*Is*R1, Vc[t] == Vd[t] + Vr[t], Vc[0] == 4.}
eqns12= eqns11/. { C1-> 1.0* 10^ -6, R1->16, Is-> 10^ -13}
--> {Derivative[1][Q1][t] == -Iloop[t], Q1[t] == 1.*^-6*Vc[t], Vr[t] ==
E^(38.46153846153846*Vd[t])/625000000000, Vc[t] == Vd[t] + Vr[t], Vc[0]
== 4.}
If I follow you correctly, you want to solve for the function Q1[t],
function that you have already defined as 1.*^-6*Vc[t], that is Q1[t]
depends on the function Vc[t], which is itself defined as the sum of
functions that depends on another function Vd[t] that is defined
nowhere. Moreover, the derivative of Q1[t] is also specified as being
equal to another undefined function Iloop[t]...
You wonder then why NDSolve complains about the input not being an ODE?
eqns12soln= NDSolve[ eqns12,Q1, { t,0,1}]
--> NDSolve::"ndode" : "Input is not an ordinary differential equation.
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Jean-Marc