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- From: frisch1@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan Katz)
- Subject: ODE problem...
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:52:37 GMT
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- The following ODE problem came up recently.
- I know how to solve it by the power series method, but was wondering
- if anyone could figure out an easier way of solving it (maybe a nice
- substitution?).
- (x and y are functions of t, a is a constant)
- x'=(a)(x)cost+(a)(y)sint
- y'=(a)(x)sint-(a)(y)cost.
- It may be worth noting that, viewing this as a matrix problem:
- x'=Ax,
- A^2=I.
-
- I don't know if that helps.
-