pdsolve[series] - computes formal power series solutions for differential equation systems
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Calling Sequence
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pdsolve(DE, opts)
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Parameters
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DE
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a system of differential equations (ODEs, PDEs and/or algebraic constraints), possibly including initial values for the unknowns, their derivatives and/or an expansion point
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disregard = ...
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optional, to disregard whether the initial values cancel the equations and/or inequations of DE, the right-hand-side can be: nothing (default), inequations, equations, all
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order = n
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optional, a nonnegative integer specifying the order of the series expansion, default value is Order
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Description
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The function call pdsolve(DE, series) returns an integral (exponents are nonnegative integers), formal (the convergence issue is not addressed), power series solution of the differential ideal defined by DE, truncated at order = n.
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If initial values are not specified, the expansion point is the origin, all the independent variables equal to , and all the functions and their derivatives different from zero. It is also possible to specify only an expansion point different than zero directly in DE - say including equations of the form .
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The values attributed to the unknowns and their derivatives at the expansion point, also cannot be chosen freely. They must satisfy the system , returned by the DifferentialAlgebra command PowerSeriesSolution when using the option conditions. These conditions, which are checked by default, can be disregarded using the option disregard = ...; see the Examples section.
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If the attributed values are solutions of the system , then, the returned power series are truncated solutions of the differential equation system DE.
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If these values do not satisfy , then, the returned power series are not truncated solutions of the differential ideal.
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If they satisfy , but do not satisfy , then, the returned power series may, or may not, be truncated solutions of the of DE. If they are, they do not need to be unique.
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Options
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The opts arguments may contain one or more of the following options.
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disregard = <nothing (default), inequations, equations, all>. This option permits to restrict the test for the initialvalues (see above).
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equations: the equations are disregarded; pdsolve only checks that the inequations are satisfied by initialvalues.
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inequations: the inequations are disregarded; pdsolve only checks that the equations are satisfied by initialvalues.
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all: equations and inequations are disregarded.
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order = n. This option specifies the truncation order for the series expansion; if not given, the value of n used is that of Order.
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Examples
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The heat equation in two dimensions
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Classically, one says that the solutions of the heat equation depend on two arbitrary functions and . Our choice for initial values is then
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A general nonlinear PDE system
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The initial values are chosen to satisfy the conditions that can be computed using PowerSeriesSolution with the option condition
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Note than unlike PowerSeriesSolution, pdsolve can handle any mathematical function (or compositions of them) in the coefficients of the differential equations provided that it admits a differential equation representation, for example
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