% doc ode23 to get the explanation of this example function odetest() options = odeset('RelTol',1e-4,'AbsTol',[1e-4 1e-4 1e-5]); [T,Y] = ode45(@rigid,[0 12],[0 1 1],options); plot(T,Y(:,1),'-',T,Y(:,2),'-.',T,Y(:,3),'.') end function dy = rigid(t,y) dy = zeros(3,1); % a column vector dy(1) = y(2) * y(3); dy(2) = -y(1) * y(3); dy(3) = -0.51 * y(1) * y(2); end