DiffEqs`DEGraphics`

This package provides the following functions for plotting solutions of differential equations.

DEPlot[f[t, y], {t, tmin, tmax}, {y, ymin, ymax}] creates a plot showing the direction field and solution curves for the differential equation y' = f[t, y]. PhasePlot[{f[x, y], g[x, y]}, {t, tmin, tmax}, {x, xmin, xmax}, {y, ymin, ymax}]  creates a plot showing the direction field and solution curves for the autonomous system  x' = f[x, y], y' = g[x, y]. PhasePlot[{f[t, x, y], g[t, x, y]}, {t, tmin, tmax}, {x, xmin, xmax}, {y, ymin, ymax}]   creates a plot showing solution curves for the system  x' = f[t, x, y], y' = g[t, x, y]. NDPlot[eqns, fns, {t, tmin, tmax}] uses NDSolve to compute a numerical solution of a system of (up to 3) first-order differential equations and plots the solution. Returns {solution, -Graphics-}. PoincareTimeSection[{f[t, x, y], g[t, x, y]}, {t, t0, tmax, dt}, {x, x0 }, {y, y0 }] creates a Poincaré time section plot of the solution of   x' = f[t, x, y], x[t0] = x0, y' = g[t, x, y], y[t0] = y0. ViewProjections[{f[t], g[t], h[t]}, {t, t0, tmax}, {x, y, z}] creates a GraphicsArray of projections of the curve (f[t], g[t], h[t]) onto the xy, xz, and yz coordinate planes. PlotImplicit[F[t, y], {t, tmin, tmax}, {y, ymin, ymax}] creates a contour plot of the function F. TimeStatePlot[{x[t], y[t]}, {t, tmin, tmax}, {y, ymin, ymax}] creates a 3D plot of the ``time-state trajectory" (t, x[t], y[t]) with projections onto the t x, t y, and x y planes.

      Plotting solutions of differential equations.

This loads the package.

<<DiffEqs`DEGraphics`
			

DEPlot

Here are a few examples of the use of DEPlot. Each of these uses the differential equation .

DEPlot accepts any of the options of ListPlot, as well as the following:

        Curve options for DEPlot.

With InitialPoints -> Automatic, DEPlot uses four uniformly spaced initial points to draw four curves. With InitialPoints -> None or MaxCurves -> 0, no curves are drawn. If MaxCurves -> n, where n > 0, then, for each initial point, DEPlot attempts to generate additional starting points if n is odd and n additional starting points if n is even. This is done by taking steps orthogonal to the direction field.

        Arrow style options for DEPlot.

        Display options for DEPlot.

        Numerical options for DEPlot.

Standard (nonadaptive) fourth-order Runge-Kutta is the default numerical method. Heun is the second-order method that is often called the improved, or modified,  Euler method. With Method -> DormandPrince,  the eighth-order (nonadaptive) Dormand-Prince method is used.  Method -> Automatic causes DEPlot to use NDSolve successively over intervals [t, t+h], where h = StepSize. Thus StepSize does not affect the accuracy in this case--only the smoothness of the curve drawn.  Method -> Automatic is generally much slower at a given stepsize, but for difficult (i.e., stiff) equations, may give much better results. When Method -> Automatic, any of the options of NDSolve can be used.

This illustrates the ShowEquilibriumPoints option.

PhasePlot

NDPlot

PoincareTimeSection

ViewProjections

TimeStatePlot

PlotImplicit

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