# This is a disk dynamo simulation of the earth's magnetic field. # It attempts to simulate the dramatic switch in the polarity # of the field that takes place every eon or so. # # Source: Michael Steele, B.A. thesis, Reed College, 1981 (Physics) # You may run this example by doing: # # ode < dynamo.ode | graph -T X -C # # or alternatively, to get a real-time plot, # # ode < dynamo.ode | graph -T X -C -x 0 10 -y -10 10 # # The equations are: # # w' = Q -zy - Vw # y' = S( Az - y) # z' = wy - z # S = 5 # V = 1 # Q = 14.625 # A = 1 A = 1 V = 1 Q = 14.625 S = 5 w' = Q - z * y - V * w y' = S * ( A * z - y) z' = w * y - z w = 1 y = 1 z = 1 print t, z step 0, 10, .01