A seemingly difficult differential equation

In summary, the conversation discusses a mathematical equation and how to solve it using different software programs. The solution is easy for certain cases, but becomes more complicated when certain variables are not equal to zero. One participant provides a suggested solution involving various parameters.
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Anyone know how to solve it?
Either step by step or using MatLab/Mathematica/Maple is ok.
[tex]\frac{a+bsinwt-c\sqrt{H}}{k}=\frac{dH}{dt}[/tex]

I need it in modelling an engineering problem, but I simply don't have any idea to solve it...
 
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  • #2
the solution is approaching ulgy

Maple and I can only solve it if b=0.

It is easy for a=b=0, e.g. the homogeneous case, namely

[tex]k\frac{dH}{dt}+c\sqrt{H(t)}=0[/tex]

has the solution

[tex]H(t)=(C-\frac{ct}{2k})^2[/tex].

If [tex]a\neq 0,[/tex] then the solution is approaching ulgy, see for yourself: Implicitly it is given by

[tex]c^2t+ka\ln(-a^2+c^2H(t))+2ck\sqrt{H(t)}-ka\ln(a+c\sqrt{H(t)})+ka\ln(c\sqrt{H(t)}-a)+C = 0[/tex]

have a nice day
 
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thanks
but b cannot be zero.
anyone have more?
 
  • #4
I think that a solution is as follows:

H = ( a/c + (H0^2-a/c)exp(-c/2k t) + b c sin(wt)/(c^2+4*k^2*w^2) - 2 k b w cos(wt)/(c^2+4*k^2*w^2) )^2
 
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