blowup_ode

blowup_ode, a MATLAB code which sets up and solves an ordinary differential equation (ODE) y'=y^2. whose solution "blows up" in finite time.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

blowup_ode is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and codes:

blowup_ode_test

matlab_ode, MATLAB codes which set up various ordinary differential equations (ODE).

Reference:

• John D Cook,
  Approximating a solution that doesn't exist,
  https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/08/11/approximating-a-solution-that-doesnt-exist/
  11 August 2009.

Source Code:

• blowup_deriv.m, returns the right hand side of the blowup ODE.
• blowup_exact.m, evaluates the exact solution of the blowup ODE.
• blowup_parameters.m, returns parameters of the blowup ODE.