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Introduction to Mathematica's Solution of D.E.'s
Preliminaries.
Exercise 1. Use pencil and
paper techniques and find the general solution to the D. E.
.
Exercise 2. Use pencil and
paper techniques and find the general solution to the I. V. P.
.
Exercise 3. Use pencil and
paper techniques and find the general solution to the I. V. P.
.
Computer Lab
Work.
First load Mathematica's Plot Vector Field subroutine.
Exercise 4. Use
Mathematica to find the general solution to the D. E.
.
Exercise 5. Use
Mathematica to find the general solution to the I. V. P.
.
Exercise 6. Use
Mathematica to find the general solution to the I. V. P.
.
Exercise 7. Use
Mathematica's general solution and substitute values C = 0, 1,
2.
Plot the solutions over the interval
.
Exercise 8. Use
Mathematica's general solution and make a table of
functions
for the values C = -10, -9, ... , -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ... ,10.
Plot the solutions over the interval
.
Exercise 9. Use
Mathematica's Plot Vector Field subroutine and plot the vector
slope field for the D. E.
.
Exercise 10. Plot the solutions you found in 8 and the vector slope field in 9.
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(c) John H. Mathews, 1998