The Tractrix and Similar Curves

W. Gander, S. Bartoň and J. Hřebíček

Chapter Chapter 1 in Solving Problems in Scientific Computing Using Maple and MATLAB®, 1997, pp 1-25 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this section we will use Matlab to solve two similar systems of differential equations. First we generalize the classical tractrix problem to compute the orbit of a toy pulled by a child, and then we compute the orbit of a dog which attacks a jogger. We also show how the motions may be visualized with Matlab.

Keywords: Difference Vector; Main Program; Similar Curf; Zero Crossing; Sine Curve (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-97953-8_1

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