User Guide

• Recurrence relations
Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs)
Maple can solve ODEs and ODE systems, including initial value and
boundary value problems, symbolically and numerically.
ODE Analyzer Assistant The ODE AnalyzerAssistant is a point-and-click
interface to the Maple ODE solving routines.
To launch the ODE Analyzer:
• From the Tools menu, select Assistants, and then ODE Analyzer.
Maple inserts the dsolve[interactive]() calling sequence in the document.
The ODE Analyzer Assistant (Figure 3.3) is displayed.
Figure 3.3: ODE Analyzer Assistant
In the main ODE Analyzer Assistant window, you can define ODEs, initial
or boundary value conditions, and parameters. To define derivatives, use the
diff command. For example, diff(x(t), t) corresponds to , and diff(x(t),
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