Hi,
I'm new at maple and have a problem/question with the rkf45 numerical ODE Solver.
At first, my computer need a lot of time to calculate an analytic solution.
Therefor, I use the numerical way.
I have the following second order ODE:
ODE:=m*((D@@2)(x))(t)+d*(D(x))(t)+k*x(t) = d*(eval(diff(y(x), x), x = t))+k*y(t)
where y(t) is a realy big piecewise function, defined by me.
My initial conditions are:
x(0) = 0, (D(x))(0) = 0
With dsolve, I get the solution x(t) and the first derivative x'(t). I'm able to plot them with odeplot.
But...
Problem 1:
I need also the second derivative x''(t).
On this page: http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/maple/view.aspx?path=dsolve%2Frkf45there is an example (eq 13 and 14) where the second derivative is useable, but this doesn't work with my differential equation.
I have add
(D(D(x)))(0) = 0
to my initial conditions but then, I got the error that only 2 initial conditions are required.
What could I do, so that rkf45 returns also the second derivative?
Problem 2:
And in addition to this, I want to calculate with x(t), x'(t), x''(t) but I found no way to use them.
Only plots are possible.
If I reduce y(t) to a minimum, I can do everything with the analytic solution: plot, d/dt, d2/dt2, +, -, ...
I tried also to convert the procedure to a function but in this case, there is no way to derivate it.
Many thanks...