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sirion
Nov23-03, 11:39 PM
Having some troubles getting further in this system I'm trying to solve. The notebook's at http://www.gabrielwyner.com/fluids5.nb

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http://www.gabrielwyner.com/fluids5.pdf

I guess the most current problem involves mathematica complaining about DSolve[h'[t] = f[h[t],h[0]]] (with correct syntax, that is). It doesnt like solving a function with h[t] and h[0] in it..

Hurkyl
Nov23-03, 11:57 PM
Try replacing h[0] with some arbitrary constant, k... then (at some point) imposing the initial condition that h[0] = k.

sirion
Nov24-03, 12:30 AM
That works, but eventually I need to solve for the h[0] that maximizes another function of h[t]. Was hoping to get a function for h[t], plug it into u[t], plug that into v[t], plug *that* into k[t] and plot that vs h[0]. Am I going to run into trouble if h[0] isnt part of the original h[t] function?