4th order DE



On 1/6/2011 3:02 PM, Esben Byskov wrote:
> *Hi,
>
> Can anyone tell me if there are ways to solve 4th order ordinary
> differential equations in maxima.  I am particularly interested
> in boundary value problems rather than initial value problems.*
*I don't know if someone has written this out, but the usual approach that
you might use by hand can also be done by Maxima.

I expect that is to write this out as a system of 4 first order ODEs, and
solve this system.  I don't know if there is a single command
in some package to do this,
but all the needed components are around.**

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