On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Gilbert Gede <gilbertg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can anyone give some insight into how I could get this desired behavior,
> taking the derivative of an expression wrt a time-differentiated symbol, to
> work in a way consistent with existing SymPy behavior? Thanks.
> -Gilbert
>
I implemented Euler-Lagrange equations in Maple. I've put the code for
doing it below. Basically, I create symbols for each of the functions
and substitute these. Then, I take the derivative, and revert back.
This code is quite fast in Maple (at the time I originally wrote the
code, it was more than 2 orders of magnitude faster than Maple's
equivalent) and I think most of the functionality necessary is in
Python and SymPy. It should be fairly straightforward to convert to
SymPy. This code handles any number of variables (as a list), but it
only does the traditional Euler-Lagrange equation, not some of the
others that can arise due to Calculus of Variations.
I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Tim.
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# Calculate the Mass (d/dt(dL_dqv)) and Stiffness (dL_dq) contributions to the
# Euler-Lagrange equation. Note that the Stiffness contribution does
not include the negative sign.
EulerLagrange := proc(Lagrangian::anything, variables::list)
local num_list, qv_name, vel_var, qv_subs, qv_unsubs, Lagrange_subs1,
Lagrange_subs2, dL_dqv1, dL_dqv2, dL_dqv, dL_dqvt, dL_dq, dL_dq1,
dL_dq2, dL_dq3, q_name, q_subs, q_unsubs:
# create a list of indices from 1 to the number of variables used in
the formulation
num_list := [seq(i,i=1..nops(variables))]:
# Define a list of generalized velocity and position variables
qv_name := map2(cat,qv,num_list):
q_name := map2(cat,q,num_list):
# Equate the time derivatives of the system variable to the
generalized velocities
# also define the reverse mapping
vel_var := map(diff,variables,t):
qv_subs := zip(equate,vel_var,qv_name):
qv_unsubs := zip(equate,qv_name,vel_var):
# Equate the generalized positions to the system variables and define
the reverse mapping
q_subs := zip(equate,variables,q_name):
q_unsubs := zip(equate,q_name,variables):
# Convert the Lagrangian to the generalized position and velocity
variables
Lagrange_subs1 := subs(qv_subs,Lagrangian):
Lagrange_subs2 := subs(q_subs,Lagrange_subs1):
# Differentiate the Lagrangian with respect to the generalized
velocities and positions
dL_dqv1 := map2(diff,Lagrange_subs2,qv_name):
dL_dq1 := map2(diff,Lagrange_subs2,q_name):
# Revert back to the system variables
dL_dq2 := map2(subs,qv_unsubs,dL_dq1):
dL_dqv2 := map2(subs,qv_unsubs,dL_dqv1):
dL_dqv := map2(subs,q_unsubs,dL_dqv2):
dL_dq := map2(subs,q_unsubs,dL_dq2):
dL_dqvt := map(diff,dL_dqv,t):
# Return the two components of the Euler-Lagrange Equation
return (dL_dqvt, dL_dq):
end proc:
--
Tim Lahey
PhD Candidate, Systems Design Engineering
University of Waterloo
http://about.me/tjlahey
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