{VERSION 2 3 "APPLE_PPC_MAC" "2.3" } {USTYLETAB {CSTYLE "Maple Input" -1 0 "Courier" 0 1 255 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "" -1 256 "" 0 1 255 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 } {PSTYLE "Normal" -1 0 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }{PSTYLE "" 0 256 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }3 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }} {SECT 0 {EXCHG {PARA 256 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 14 "A Neat Problem" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 107 "The cell below illustrates how Maple can be used to investigate problems like the pr oblem in this module. " }{TEXT 256 16 "Evaluate it now." }}{PARA 0 " " 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 480 "wit h(plottools):\nwith(plots):\n\na := 1:\nb:= 1:\nc := 1:\n\nendtime := \+ 4:\n\nIVP := \{diff(x(t), t) = a * (y(t) - x(t)),\n diff(y(t), \+ t) = b * (x(t) - y(t)) - c * y(t),\n x(0) = 0,\n y(0) = \+ 6\}:\n\nsolution := dsolve(IVP, \{x(t), y(t)\}, numeric):\n\nplot1 := \+ display(\{odeplot(solution, [t, x(t)], 0..endtime,\n \+ color=red)\}):\n\nplot2 := display(\{odeplot(solution, [t, y(t )], 0..endtime,\n color=blue)\}):\n\ndisplay( [plot1, plot2]);\n" }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 279 "\nThis giv e us an immediate partial answer to our question. What is it? Notice t hat we still have lots of questions. The most important question is -- Why? We should also ask whether this always happens or we just happen ed to pick one particular situation in which it did happen. " }}}} {MARK "0 2 0" 32 }{VIEWOPTS 1 1 0 1 1 1803 }