# BVP Problems

SciMLBase.BVProblemType

Defines an BVP problem. Documentation Page: https://diffeq.sciml.ai/stable/types/bvp_types/

Mathematical Specification of a BVP Problem

To define a BVP Problem, you simply need to give the function $f$ and the initial condition $u_0$ which define an ODE:

$$$\frac{du}{dt} = f(u,p,t)$$$

along with an implicit function bc! which defines the residual equation, where

$$$bc(u,p,t) = 0$$$

is the manifold on which the solution must live. A common form for this is the two-point BVProblem where the manifold defines the solution at two points:

$$$u(t_0) = a u(t_f) = b$$$

Problem Type

Constructors

TwoPointBVProblem{isinplace}(f,bc!,u0,tspan,p=NullParameters();kwargs...)
BVProblem{isinplace}(f,bc!,u0,tspan,p=NullParameters();kwargs...)

For any BVP problem type, bc! is the inplace function:

bc!(residual, u, p, t)

where residual computed from the current u. u is an array of solution values where u[i] is at time t[i], while p are the parameters. For a TwoPointBVProblem, t = tspan. For the more general BVProblem, u can be all of the internal time points, and for shooting type methods u=sol the ODE solution. Note that all features of the ODESolution are present in this form. In both cases, the size of the residual matches the size of the initial condition.

Parameters are optional, and if not given then a NullParameters() singleton will be used which will throw nice errors if you try to index non-existent parameters. Any extra keyword arguments are passed on to the solvers. For example, if you set a callback in the problem, then that callback will be added in every solve call.

Fields

• f: The function for the ODE.
• bc: The boundary condition function.
• u0: The initial condition. Either the initial condition for the ODE as an initial value problem, or a Vector of values for $u(t_i)$ for collocation methods
• tspan: The timespan for the problem.
• p: The parameters for the problem. Defaults to NullParameters
• kwargs: The keyword arguments passed onto the solves.