Given an ODE, the odeadvisor command's main goal is to classify it according to standard text books (see dsolve,references), and to display a help page including related information for solving it (when the word help is given as an extra argument). The help pages include examples and Maple input lines, along with some advice, allowing you to adapt them to your problem. These help pages are also available by entering ?odeadvisor,<TYPE>; where <TYPE> is one of:

First order ODEs

In the page for "patterns" there is a discussion of the following ODE patterns:

There is also a related parametric solving scheme.

Second order ODEs

High order ODEs

When used without extra arguments, the odeadvisor command attempts to classify the given ODE into one or more of the types above, returning a list with the types matched by the ODE. The matching of the types is checked sequentially, and odeadvisor might return more than one type; otherwise, the first matching of a pattern interrupts the process and a classification is returned.

As an option, you can specify that odeadvisor should check only a sublist of the types mentioned above, by giving the sublist as an extra argument.

This function is part of the DEtools package, and so it can be used in the form odeadvisor(..) only after executing the command with(DEtools). However, it can always be accessed through the long form of the command by using DEtools[odeadvisor](..).

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{DEtools}\right)\&colon;$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔x\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)+a{y\left(x\right)}^2-y\left(x\right)+b{x}^2$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔x\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}y\left(x\right)\right)+a{y\left(x\right)}^2-y\left(x\right)+b{x}^2$

$\mathrm{odeadvisor}\left(\mathrm{ODE}\right)$

$\left[\left[\mathrm{\_homogeneous}\&comma;\mathrm{class\; D}\right]\&comma;\mathrm{\_rational}\&comma;\mathrm{\_Riccati}\right]$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔\left(2y\left(x\right)-x\right)\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)-y\left(x\right)-2x$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔\left(2y\left(x\right)-x\right)\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}y\left(x\right)\right)-y\left(x\right)-2x$

$\mathrm{odeadvisor}\left(\mathrm{ODE}\right)$

$\left[\left[\mathrm{\_homogeneous}\&comma;\mathrm{class\; A}\right]\&comma;\mathrm{\_exact}\&comma;\mathrm{\_rational}\&comma;\left[\mathrm{\_Abel}\&comma;\mathrm{2nd\; type}\&comma;\mathrm{class\; A}\right]\right]$

$\mathrm{odeadvisor}\left(\mathrm{ODE}\&comma;\left[\mathrm{homogeneous}\&comma;\mathrm{Abel}\right]\right)$

$\left[\left[\mathrm{\_homogeneous}\&comma;\mathrm{class\; A}\right]\&comma;\left[\mathrm{\_Abel}\&comma;\mathrm{2nd\; type}\&comma;\mathrm{class\; A}\right]\right]$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔x^2\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\&comma;x\right)+x\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)-\left(x^2+n^2\right)y\left(x\right)$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔x^2\left(\frac{{\&DifferentialD;}^2}{\&DifferentialD;x^2}y\left(x\right)\right)+x\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}y\left(x\right)\right)-\left(n^2+x^2\right)y\left(x\right)$

$\mathrm{odeadvisor}\left(\mathrm{ODE}\right)$

$\left[\left[\mathrm{\_Bessel}\&comma;\mathrm{\_modified}\right]\right]$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔\mathrm{diff}\left(x\left(1-x^2\right)\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)\&comma;x\right)-xy\left(x\right)=0$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔\left(-x^2+1\right)\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}y\left(x\right)\right)-2x^2\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}y\left(x\right)\right)+x\left(-x^2+1\right)\left(\frac{{\&DifferentialD;}^2}{\&DifferentialD;x^2}y\left(x\right)\right)-xy\left(x\right)=0$

$\mathrm{odeadvisor}\left(\mathrm{ODE}\right)$

$\left[\left[\mathrm{\_elliptic}\&comma;\mathrm{\_class\_I}\right]\right]$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\&comma;x\right)x\left(1-x\right)=\left(g-\left(a+1\right)x\right)\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)+n\left(a+n\right)y\left(x\right)$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔\left(\frac{{\&DifferentialD;}^2}{\&DifferentialD;x^2}y\left(x\right)\right)x\left(1-x\right)=\left(g-\left(a+1\right)x\right)\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}y\left(x\right)\right)+n\left(a+n\right)y\left(x\right)$

$\mathrm{odeadvisor}\left(\mathrm{ODE}\right)$

$\left[\mathrm{\_Jacobi}\right]$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\&comma;x\&comma;x\right)+\mathrm{D}\left(g\right)\left(y\left(x\right)\right){\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)}^3+2g\left(y\left(x\right)\right)\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\&comma;x\right)+\mathrm{diff}\left(f\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)+f\left(x\right)\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\&comma;x\right)=0$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔\frac{{\&DifferentialD;}^3}{\&DifferentialD;x^3}y\left(x\right)+\mathrm{D}\left(g\right)\left(y\left(x\right)\right){\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}y\left(x\right)\right)}^3+2g\left(y\left(x\right)\right)\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}y\left(x\right)\right)\left(\frac{{\&DifferentialD;}^2}{\&DifferentialD;x^2}y\left(x\right)\right)+\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}f\left(x\right)\right)\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}y\left(x\right)\right)+f\left(x\right)\left(\frac{{\&DifferentialD;}^2}{\&DifferentialD;x^2}y\left(x\right)\right)=0$

$\mathrm{odeadvisor}\left(\mathrm{ODE}\&comma;y\left(x\right)\right)$

$\left[\left[\mathrm{\_3rd\_order}\&comma;\mathrm{\_exact}\&comma;\mathrm{\_nonlinear}\right]\&comma;\left[\mathrm{\_3rd\_order}\&comma;\mathrm{\_reducible}\&comma;\mathrm{\_mu\_y2}\right]\right]$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;\mathrm{`\$`}\left(x\&comma;4\right)\right)+{\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)}^4\exp \left(y\left(x\right)\right)+5\exp \left(y\left(x\right)\right){\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)}^2\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\&comma;x\right)+2\exp \left(y\left(x\right)\right){\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\&comma;x\right)}^2+2\exp \left(y\left(x\right)\right)\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;\mathrm{`\$`}\left(x\&comma;3\right)\right)+\mathrm{diff}\left(f\left(x\right)\&comma;x\&comma;x\right)\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)+2\mathrm{diff}\left(f\left(x\right)\&comma;x\right)\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;x\&comma;x\right)+f\left(x\right)\mathrm{diff}\left(y\left(x\right)\&comma;\mathrm{`\$`}\left(x\&comma;3\right)\right)=0$

$\mathrm{ODE}≔\frac{{\&DifferentialD;}^4}{\&DifferentialD;x^4}y\left(x\right)+{\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}y\left(x\right)\right)}^4{\&ExponentialE;}^{y\left(x\right)}+5{\&ExponentialE;}^{y\left(x\right)}{\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}y\left(x\right)\right)}^2\left(\frac{{\&DifferentialD;}^2}{\&DifferentialD;x^2}y\left(x\right)\right)+2{\&ExponentialE;}^{y\left(x\right)}{\left(\frac{{\&DifferentialD;}^2}{\&DifferentialD;x^2}y\left(x\right)\right)}^2+2{\&ExponentialE;}^{y\left(x\right)}\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}y\left(x\right)\right)\left(\frac{{\&DifferentialD;}^3}{\&DifferentialD;x^3}y\left(x\right)\right)+\left(\frac{{\&DifferentialD;}^2}{\&DifferentialD;x^2}f\left(x\right)\right)\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}y\left(x\right)\right)+2\left(\frac{\&DifferentialD;}{\&DifferentialD;x}f\left(x\right)\right)\left(\frac{{\&DifferentialD;}^2}{\&DifferentialD;x^2}y\left(x\right)\right)+f\left(x\right)\left(\frac{{\&DifferentialD;}^3}{\&DifferentialD;x^3}y\left(x\right)\right)=0$

$\mathrm{odeadvisor}\left(\mathrm{ODE}\&comma;y\left(x\right)\right)$

$\left[\left[\mathrm{\_high\_order}\&comma;\mathrm{\_exact}\&comma;\mathrm{\_nonlinear}\right]\right]$

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