This help page gives a few examples of using the command ODESteps to solve systems of ordinary differential equations.

See Student[ODEs][ODESteps] for a general description of the command ODESteps and its calling sequence.

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{Student}:-\mathrm{ODEs}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{high\_order\_ode1}≔\frac{{\ⅆ}^3}{\ⅆx^3}y\left(x\right)\+3\left(\frac{{\ⅆ}^2}{\ⅆx^2}y\left(x\right)\right)\+4\left(\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}y\left(x\right)\right)\+2y\left(x\right)\=0$

$\mathrm{high\_order\_ode1}≔\frac{{\ⅆ}^3}{\ⅆx^3}y\left(x\right)+3\frac{{\ⅆ}^2}{\ⅆx^2}y\left(x\right)+4\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}y\left(x\right)+2y\left(x\right)=0$

$\mathrm{ODESteps}\left(\mathrm{high\_order\_ode1}\right)$

$\mathrm{macro}\left(Y\=⟨y_1\left(x\right)\,y_2\left(x\right)⟩\right)\:$

$\mathrm{sys2}≔\frac{\partial }{\partial x}Y\=\mathrm{`\%.`}\left(\mathrm{Matrix}\left(\left[\left[7\,1\right]\,\left[-4\,3\right]\right]\right)\,Y\right)$

$\mathrm{sys2}≔\left[\begin{array}{c}\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}{y}_1\left(x\right)\\ \frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}{y}_2\left(x\right)\end{array}\right]=\mathrm{Typesetting}:-\mathrm{\_Hold}\left(\left[\mathrm{\%.}\left(\mathrm{RTABLE}\left(36893628571428174892\,\left[\begin{array}{cc}7& 1\\ \mathrm{-4}& 3\end{array}\right]\,\mathrm{Matrix}\right)\,\left[\begin{array}{c}{y}_1\left(x\right)\\ y_2\left(x\right)\end{array}\right]\right)\right]\right)$

$\mathrm{ODESteps}\left(\mathrm{sys2}\right)$

$\mathrm{sys3}≔\frac{\partial }{\partial x}Y\=\mathrm{`.`}\left(\mathrm{Matrix}\left(\left[\left[1\,2\right]\,\left[3\,2\right]\right]\right)\,Y\right)\+⟨1\,{\ⅇ}^x⟩$

$\mathrm{sys3}≔\left[\begin{array}{c}\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}{y}_1\left(x\right)\\ \frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}{y}_2\left(x\right)\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{c}{y}_1\left(x\right)+2y_2\left(x\right)+1\\ 3y_1\left(x\right)+2y_2\left(x\right)+{\ⅇ}^x\end{array}\right]$

$\mathrm{ODESteps}\left(\mathrm{sys3}\right)$

$\mathrm{sys4}≔\left\{\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}w\left(x\right)\=w\left(x\right)\+2z\left(x\right)\,\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}z\left(x\right)\=3w\left(x\right)\+2z\left(x\right)\+{\ⅇ}^x\right\}$

$\mathrm{sys4}≔\left\{\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}w\left(x\right)=w\left(x\right)+2z\left(x\right)\,\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}z\left(x\right)=3w\left(x\right)+2z\left(x\right)+{\ⅇ}^x\right\}$

$\mathrm{ODESteps}\left(\mathrm{sys4}\right)$