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Re: Problems integrating InterpolatingFunction

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  • Subject: [mg116074] Re: Problems integrating InterpolatingFunction
  • From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
  • Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 06:52:19 -0500 (EST)

Oops, I had fixed it, but sent a bad version anyway! This works:

Clear[x, y, t]
x[t_] = x[t] /.
    First@NDSolve[{x''[t] == -x[t]^3 + x[t], x'[0] == 0, x[0] == 1.42},
       x[t], {t, 0, 100}];
y[t_] = Derivative[-1][x][t];

Plot[{x@t, y@t}, {t, 0, 100}]

Bobby

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:08:24 -0600, Roland Franzius  
<roland.franzius at uos.de> wrote:

> Am 31.01.2011 19:42, schrieb DrMajorBob:
>> You wrote Y as its own integral, which causes $RecursionLimit errors.
>>
>> You probably meant something like
>>
>> Clear[x, y]
>> x[t_] = x[t] /.
>>    NDSolve[{x''[t] == -x[t]^3 + x[t], x'[0] == 0, x[0] == 1.42},
>>     x[t], {t, 0, 100}] // First
>> y[t_] = Derivative[-1][y][t]
>>
>> Bobby
>
> which is not really a better approach :-(
>
>
> Roland
>
>> On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:23:31 -0600, Roland Franzius  
>> <roland.franzius at uos.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Am 30.01.2011 01:43, schrieb Sergio Miguel Terrazas Porras:
>>>> Hello group,
>>>>
>>>> I use NDSolve for a nonlinear differential equation, and I get an  
>>>> InterpolatingFunction, as expected.
>>>>
>>>> I can plot it, evaluate it, etc.
>>>>
>>>> The problem I have is that now I need to integrate 1/(the square of  
>>>> the InterpolatingFunction), and I get nothing but the input back.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Sergio Terrazas
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yoy can integrate InterpolatingFunction explitely using Derivative of
>>> negative order
>>>
>>> eg the critical soltion to the equations of motion of an anharmonic  
>>> pendulum
>>>
>>> X[t_] = x[t] /.
>>>     NDSolve[{x''[t] == -x[t]^3 + x[t], x'[0] == 0, x[0] == 1.42},
>>>      x[t], {t, 0, 100}] // First
>>>
>>> Y[t_]=Derivative[-1][Y][t]
>>>
>>
>>
>


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