DEtools[convertsys] converts a system of one or more ordinary differential equations to a system of first-order differential equations. Corresponding initial conditions (if specified) are also converted.

The initial conditions inits must each be of the form function = expression.  See examples below. Note: if no initial conditions are available, inits must still be specified as {} or [].

The convertsys command returns a list  where

*  is the list of equations representing the first-order system  in which the  vector is specified by  and the  vector by .

*  is the list of equations defining the  names in terms of the original functions.

*  is the point at which the initial conditions are specified. It is returned as undefined if inits is the empty set.

*  is a list representing the vector of initial conditions (possibly empty).  Only one of the initial conditions needs to be specified for this list to be nonempty.  Note that the ordering of  matches that of , not that of inits.

This function is part of the DEtools package, and so it can be used in the form convertsys(..) only after executing the command with(DEtools). However, it can always be accessed through the long form of the command by using DEtools[convertsys](..).