Nonlinear Differential Equations
ww2.odu.edu › ~agodunov › teachingMore complicated motion (nonlinear ODE) ( )(1 ()) 2 ( ) kx t x t dt d x t m =− −α Other examples: weather patters, the turbulent motion of fluids Most natural phenomena are essentially nonlinear. 3 What is special about nonlinear ODE? ÖFor solving nonlinear ODE we can use the same methods we use for solving linear differential equations
Nonlinear Systems of ODEs - MIT
web.mit.edu › course › 16of partial differential equations. However, they can also arise from reduction of order (aka variation of parameters) of a higher-order ODE as we demonstrate for a nonlinear pendulum in Example 4.1. Fig. 4 Nonlinear pendulum. Example 4.1 Nonlinear Pendulum A nonlinear pendulum is an example of a second-order oscillator.