robertson_ode

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

Licensing:

The information on this web page is 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

octave_ode, an Octave code which sets 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.
• timestamp.m, prints the YMDHMS date as a timestamp.