simplePendulum function

The simple pendulum model

The derivative function of the simple pendulum model, an example of a two-dimensional autonomous ODE system.

simplePendulum(t, y, parameters)

Arguments

• t: The value of , the independent variable, to evaluate the derivative at. Should be a numeric vector of length one.

• y: The values of and , the dependent variables, to evaluate the derivative at. Should be a numeric

  vector of length two.

• parameters: The values of the parameters of the system. Should be a numeric vector prescribing the value of .

Returns

Returns a list containing the values of the two derivatives at .

Details

simplePendulum evaluates the derivative of the following ODE at the point :

Its format is designed to be compatible with ode from the deSolve package.

Examples

# Plot the velocity field, nullclines and several trajectories
simplePendulum_flowField   <- flowField(simplePendulum,
                                        xlim       = c(-7, 7),
                                        ylim       = c(-7, 7),
                                        parameters = 5,
                                        points     = 19,
                                        add        = FALSE)
y0                         <- matrix(c(0, 1, 0, 4, -6,
                                       1, 5, 0.5, 0, -3), 5, 2,
                                     byrow = TRUE)

simplePendulum_nullclines  <- nullclines(simplePendulum,
                                         xlim       = c(-7, 7),
                                         ylim       = c(-7, 7),
                                         parameters = 5,
                                         points     = 500)

simplePendulum_trajectory  <- trajectory(simplePendulum,
                                         y0         = y0,
                                         tlim       = c(0, 10),
                                         parameters = 5)
# Determine the stability of two equilibrium points
simplePendulum_stability_1 <- stability(simplePendulum,
                                        ystar      = c(0, 0),
                                        parameters = 5)
simplePendulum_stability_2 <- stability(simplePendulum,
                                        ystar      = c(pi, 0),
                                        parameters = 5)

See Also

ode

Author(s)

Michael J Grayling