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Using Mathematica to Solve Differential Equations
Single differential equations
Symbolic solutions
Numeric approxiamtions
Plotting solutions and slope fields
Systems of differential equations
You will notice that I use several different methods to solve systems of equations here. This is partly because some of them (the sections on eigensystems and exponentiation of operators) are techniques covered in our text; I show you how to work those methods in Mathematica. Honestly, however, most of the time you will probably use DSolve and NDSolve. Be sure to read the first section on setting up systems in Mathematica, however.
Setting up the systems - working with matrices
Working with matrices and eigensystems
Solving using exponentiation of matrices (or "exponentiation of operators")
General symbolic solutions
Numeric approxiamtions
Vector fields/direction fields/phase portraits
Converted by Mathematica
July 20, 2003