[SciPy-dev] Question including a boundary value problem solver in SciPy

[Rob Clewley]

>  I'm looking for a BVP solver that could be wrapped in python
> that handles non-separated (particularly periodic) boundary conditions.  I've
> looked at the classic Netlib codes, as well as the (excellent F90) BVP_SOLVER
> that you've wrapped, but as far as I can tell, they are only for separated BCs.
>  Do you know of a freely available periodic BVP code?  (Matlab's bvp4c can
> handle non-separated BCs, but it is certainly not free.)
>
> -Neil

I think AUTO's BVP solver allows for periodic boundary conditions (you
can read demos by looking at the package docs and website) but we
haven't wrapped this part of AUTO into python yet. If you want to help
do that it would be great - I don't have the time!

-Rob