http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/143624-Solving-A-Differential-Equation-involving-Phase-Space-Variables en-us 2026 Maplesoft, A Division of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplesoft Document System Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:45:52 GMT Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:45:52 GMT The latest answers and comments added to the Question, Solving a differential equation (involving phase space variables) and expanding to get an answer an explicit integral http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/143624-Solving-A-Differential-Equation-involving-Phase-Space-Variables http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/143624-Solving-A-Differential-Equation-involving-Phase-Space-Variables?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:Solving a differential equation (involving phase space variables) and expanding to get an answer an explicit integral:Comments#answer143630 <p>Here's a few tips to start you on the right track, although I don't know yet if your problem can be solved by Maple. It may be able to do part of it, or maybe all of it.</p> <ol> <li>The imaginary unit in Maple is capital <strong>I</strong>.</li> <li>Whenever you refer to functions such as pi, phi, and v, you need to include the arguments: <strong>pi(x)</strong>, <strong>phi(x)</strong>, <strong>v(x)</strong>.</li> <li>Maple makes no meaningful distinction between partial and full derivatives; although you may be able to get the prettyprinter to display them differently. Since all your derivatives are taken with respect to <em>x</em>, you'll be better off just thinking of them as full derivatives.</li> <li>The <strong>solve</strong> command does not solve differential equations. The <strong>dsolve </strong>command is for that. For this problem, you may need to use the <strong>DEtools</strong> package.</li> </ol> <p>Here's a few tips to start you on the right track, although I don't know yet if your problem can be solved by Maple. It may be able to do part of it, or maybe all of it.</p> <ol> <li>The imaginary unit in Maple is capital <strong>I</strong>.</li> <li>Whenever you refer to functions such as pi, phi, and v, you need to include the arguments: <strong>pi(x)</strong>, <strong>phi(x)</strong>, <strong>v(x)</strong>.</li> <li>Maple makes no meaningful distinction between partial and full derivatives; although you may be able to get the prettyprinter to display them differently. Since all your derivatives are taken with respect to <em>x</em>, you'll be better off just thinking of them as full derivatives.</li> <li>The <strong>solve</strong> command does not solve differential equations. The <strong>dsolve </strong>command is for that. For this problem, you may need to use the <strong>DEtools</strong> package.</li> </ol> 143630 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:22:38 Z Carl Love Carl Love