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An asymptotic-numerical approach for examining global solutions to an ordinary differential equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

MICHAEL ROBINSON*
Affiliation:
Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, 657 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA (email: robinm@cam.cornell.edu)

Abstract

Purely numerical methods do not always provide an accurate way to find all the global solutions to nonlinear ordinary differential equations on infinite intervals. For example, finite-difference methods fail to capture the asymptotic behavior of solutions, which might be critical for ensuring global existence. We first show, by way of a detailed example, how asymptotic information alone provides significant insight into the structure of global solutions to a nonlinear ordinary differential equation. Then we propose a method for providing this missing asymptotic data to a numerical solver, and show how the combined approach provides more detailed results than either method alone.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 Cambridge University Press

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