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Format coefficients of the derivative of a function
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Modelling Open Circuit Test of Single Phase Transformer using Simulink
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Format a matrix with entries displayed as exact values
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Using plot3 to plot 3d vectors
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Solving a system of equations involving complex numbers
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Simplifying solution to algebraic system of equations
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Solving a symbolic equation in one or more variables
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Defining a symbol to perform a specified operation
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Unexpected output when trying to plot the solution to a system of nonlinear differential equations
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Plotting angular position versus horizontal position of a composite body and labeling specific points
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Adding a redundant equation to a system of algebraic equation that generates inconsistent output
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Simplified solution to system of algebraic equations
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Symbolic solution to a system of equations
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Solving a system of second order differential equations
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Finding the closed form solution to a system of second order differential equations
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Graphing and finding the closed form solution to a system of differential equations
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Describing the motion of a composite body using system of differential equations
I am trying to solve a system of differential equations analytically using the following code, but although they correctly descr...

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Describing the motion of a composite body using system of second order differential equations
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