6. Symbolic ODE
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OBJECTIVES
Use MATLAB's symbolic toolbox to solve simple ordinary differential
Use 'dfield' to make direction fields and investigate first order ODE's.

EXERCISES
Start by reading pages 126 -- 133 in Polking and Arnold to learn about dsolve and related commands.

Problems from Polking an Arnold's Book

 
  1. Problem 1e) on p. 141.
  2. Problem 3d) on p. 141.
  3. Problem 8a) on p. 142
  4. Problem 7 on p. 25.     (You may use dslove for part c.)

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