Re: variable initial value in NDSolve
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- Subject: [mg99162] Re: variable initial value in NDSolve
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:48:22 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Stef,
if you want a decent answer, you should give a working simple example.
Well, why should R[tstart] go to infinity, you say: R[tstart]=0 (note
that there is an error it should read == not =).
Do you have a discrete System???
Daniel
Stef wrote:
> Dear Mathematica community,
>
> I am pretty new with using Mathematica. So, maybe there is a very
> obvious solution to my problem that I missed to find out myself.
>
> I am trying to solve a problem that is setup like that:
>
> The cost function ec[t] depends on cumulative arrivals R[t]. At a
> variable starting point tstart (for which i try to find a cost-
> minimizing value in a NMinimize fct), cumulative arrivals are 0.
>
> NDSolve[{ec'[t]==0,R[tstart]=0}, R[t],t]
>
> But obviously, the derivative of R[tstart] goes to infinity, which is
> why no solution can be found.
>
>
> Thanks for helpful comments!
>