robertson_ode

robertson_ode, a MATLAB code which sets up and solves a system of three nonlinear stiff ordinary differential equations (ODE) characterizing an autocatalytic chemical reaction.

Licensing:

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

Languages:

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

Related Data and codes:

robertson_ode_test

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

References:

1. Ernst Hairer, Gerhard Wanner,
   Solving Ordinary Differential Equations II: Stiff and Differential-algebraic Problems,
   Springer-Verlag, second revised edition, 1996.
2. H H Robertson,
   The solution of a set of reaction rate equations,
   Academic Press, pages 178-182.

Source Code:

• robertson_conserved.m, returns the value of a quantity that should be conserved.
• robertson_deriv.m, returns the right hand side of the ODE.
• robertson_parameters.m, returns parameters of the ODE.