Mathematics

BVP Function Summary

ODE Boundary Value Problem Solver

Solver	Description
bvp4c	Solve two-point boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations.

BVP Helper Functions

Function	Description
bvpinit	Form the initial guess for bvp4c.
bvpval	Evaluate the numerical solution using the output of bvp4c.

BVP Option Handling

An options structure contains named properties whose values are passed to the solver, and which affect problem solution. Use these functions to create, alter, or access an options structure.

Function	Description
bvpset	Create/alter the BVP options structure.
bvpget	Extract properties from options structure created with bvpset.

ODE Boundary Value Problem Examples

These examples illustrate the kind of problems you can solve using the MATLAB BVP solver. From the MATLAB Help browser, click the example name to see the code in an editor. Type the example name at the command line to run it.

Note    The Differential Equations Examples browser enables you to view the code for the BVP examples, and also run them. Click on the link to invoke the browser, or type odeexamples('bvp')at the command line.

Example	Description
mat4bvp	Fourth eigenfunction of Mathieu's equation
shockbvp	Solution has a shock layer near x = 0
twobvp	BVP with exactly two solutions

Additional examples are provided with the tutorial by Shampine, Reichelt, and Kierzenka, "Solving Boundary Value Problems for Ordinary Differential Equations in MATLAB with bvp4c." The tutorial and the examples are available at ftp://ftp.mathworks.com/pub/doc/papers/bvp/. This tutorial illustrates techniques for solving nontrivial real-life problems.

Boundary Value Problems for ODEs

Introduction to Boundary Value ODE Problems