Questions tagged [differential-equations]
For questions about solving, analyzing, or creating differential equations to model some system. If possible, include specific tags about the type of differential equation (e.g. [tag:pde], [tag:ode], [tag:stochastic-ode]).
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Solving TOV equations that describes neutron stars in modified f(R, T) gravity
Sorry for the long post, tldr at bottom.
I'm trying to use standard RK4 code in C/C++ to solve a coupled system of 2 modified TOV equations in f(R,T) gravity and reproduce some of the results of this ...
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Time integration of first-order ODE with higher-order information
Suppose I wish to derive a numerical integrator for the first-order ODE $$x'(t)=F(x(t)).$$ By differentiating both sides of the expression in $t$, I can write a second-order relation also satisfied ...
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Moving least square method in finite volume method
Consider a differntial equation like : $\nabla .(\nabla u)=cte$, using finite volume method we can write $\int\nabla .(\nabla u) dv =\int n.(\nabla u) dA $. Here we want to use the moving least square ...
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Numerically solving the Advection-diffusion equation with no-flux boundary condition leads to violation of mass conservation
I am trying to solve numerically the advection-diffusion equation of the following form
$$\frac{\partial C}{\partial t}=\alpha\frac{\partial^2 C}{\partial x^2}+\beta \frac{\partial C}{\partial x}$$
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Galerkin Method - Why does integration-by-parts eliminate need to enforce Neumann boundaries?
I've posted this to MathStackexchange but I figured I'd also post here as well as I have yet to receive an answer on my original post, and that I would be more likely to encounter users of the ...
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Can I combine the backward and forward euler methods - simialr to modified euler method?
Constructing Modified Euler
Using the same strategy as done in the construction of Modified Euler. Starting from Trapezoidal Method
$$y_1 = y_0 + \dfrac{h}{2}\left(f(x_0,y_0) + f(x_1,y_1)\right)$$
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Help in solving Quintessential scalar field using Steep Potential in cosmology
I am attempting to solve the differential equation $\ddot\phi + 3H\dot\phi + \dfrac{dV}{d\phi} = 0.$
For $V(\phi) = V_{0}e^{-\lambda\phi}$, where $V_{0} = 0.7$, $\lambda = 0.1$ and $V'(\phi) = \dfrac{...
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Solving coupled 2nd-order differential equation
I would appreciate it if you could help me solve the following coupled equation numerically
$$
[-\frac{1}{2} \partial_r^2 + v_0(r) -E]\psi_{\ell} + v_1(r) \psi_{1-\ell}(r) = 0,
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where $\ell = 0 , 1$ ...
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Unable to solve numerically this system of differential equation
I'm trying to obtain the graph of x(y) from the following system :
Therefore I tried to solve this system using an Euler Method :
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Best finite difference scheme in 2D for the mixed derivative
The are good methods to deduce finite difference schemes for derivatives of functions of one variable. But how to get a good one for the mixed derivative of a function of two variables $u=u(x,y)$, ...
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How to vectorise numerical differentiation
I have a 2-D matrix with 2 spatial coordinates and I want to be able to vectorise the process of numerically differentiating with respect to its 2 coordinates, rather than just looping along the rows ...
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Numerical calculation of Lyapunov exponents using SciPy's built-in solve_ivp
I have previously successfully implemented the QR decomposition method in MATLAB to calculate Lyapunov exponents for Lorenz equations. See here.
This method integrates the stacked system, i.e. the ...
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Step size constraint in Euler backward
I am dealing with an assignment in MATLAB. It has to do with 'self-driving' cars which are driving in-front/behind eachother. Assuming M cars on a single-lane road, each car adjusts its speed based on ...
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Solution to the Liouville-Gibbs equation
What would be the approach to numerically solve for $\rho(x,t)$ the following equation with some initial conditions
$$\frac{\partial\rho}{\partial t}
+\sum_{i=1}^n\left(\frac{\partial(\rho g_i)}{\...
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Implementation of operator splitting method for Wigner equation
I am dealing with the integro-differential equation for Wigner function,
$$\frac{\partial f}{\partial t}+p\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}+\\+\frac{1}{\chi}\left\{\int_{-\pi}^{+\pi}dy\,\int_{-\infty}^{+\...
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