The pst-ode PSTricks package

© 2012--\today Alexander Grahn

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This package defines \pstODEsolve for solving initial value problems for sets of Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) using the Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg (RKF45) method with automatic step size adjustment.

\pstODEsolve[<options>]{<result>}{<output format>}{t₀}{t_e}{N}{x₀}{f(t, x)}

The state vectors x found at N equally spaced output points between t₀ and t_e are stored in the PostScript object <result>, formatted according to the second argument <output format>, as a long list of values. <output format> lists the quantities to be stored in <result>. The user can select from the elements of x and the integration parameter t.

The initial condition vector x₀ and the right-hand side f(t, x) of the ODE system can be input in algebraic notation, if desired. RPN (Postfix) notation of PostScript can as well be used.

<result> can be directly used as the <data> argument of \listplot{<data>} (package pst-plot) or \listplotThreeD{<data>} (package pst-3dplot).

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