Solving ODEs and DAEs with NDSolve
- Instructor Led
- 2 h
- Intermediate
- 1 Certification
Estimated Time: 2 h
Course Level: Intermediate
Requirements: This course requires basic working knowledge of Wolfram Language and of differential equations.
Certification Levels: Completion

This course covers techniques for solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and differential-algebraic equations (DAEs) using Wolfram Language. It introduces the built-in Wolfram Language function DSolve for finding symbolic solutions to differential equations and the built-in function NDSolve, a general numerical differential equation solver. Related functions and the options associated with them are demonstrated with examples.
Featured Products & Technologies: Mathematica, Wolfram Language
Outline
- Basics of using NDSolve
- Specifying boundary conditions
- Using options to control the numerical accuracy of the solution
- Selecting numerical methods to solve ODEs
- Working with stiffness in differential equations
- Including events in solutions of differential equations
- Solving boundary value and eigenvalue problems
- Properties of DAEs
- Applying index reduction, simplification and initialization methods
Certifications Available
Completion Certificate
Earn your certificate of completion for this course by attending an online class. Request your certificate using the class survey form.