Re: New to mathematica: Question about solving differential eqs
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- Subject: [mg74689] Re: New to mathematica: Question about solving differential eqs
- From: Peter Breitfeld <phbrf at t-online.de>
- Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:34:33 -0500 (EST)
- References: <euig8p$otm$1@smc.vnet.net>
traz schrieb:
> Whenever I try to solve differential equations in mathematica, I get a solution with an imaginary part different from the solution in a text book. For example:
>
> DSolve[{y'[x] == y[x] + y[x]^3}, y, x]
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> will give me a solution that has an imaginary part and not the one I expect here from the text book:
>
> {+(Ce^(-2x)-1)^(-1/2), -(Ce^(-2x)-1)^(-1/2)}
>
> Can anyone give me a tip on how to do this? Also does anyone know of an online tuttorial that goes into details a little bit?
>
If you enter
In[1]:=sol=DSolve[y'[x]==y[x]+y[x]^3, y[x],x]
Out[1]={{y[x]->(I E^(x+C[1])/Sqrt[-1+E^(2x+2C[1])]
you can get rid of the "I" by choosing another integration constant,
eg k like this:
sol/.C[1]->Log[I k Pi]//ExpandAll
Gruss Peter
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