# GSL for Differential Equations

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gsl-for-differential-equations/123920>\
**Category:** Numerics\
**Tags:** question, package\
**Created:** [December 17, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gsl-for-differential-equations/123920 "2024-12-17T11:32:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Cardoso\_Ribeiro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cardoso_ribeiro/32/214252_2.png) [@Cardoso\_Ribeiro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Cardoso_Ribeiro)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gsl-for-differential-equations/123920/1 "2024-12-17T11:32:13Z")

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Can anyone to use the GNU Scientific Library (GSL.jl) for solving differential equations in Julia? Can you give an example? I know C language.

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**Author:** ![ChrisRackauckas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chrisrackauckas/32/77_2.png) [@ChrisRackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChrisRackauckas)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gsl-for-differential-equations/123920/2 "2024-12-17T12:18:28Z")

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Is there a specific method you need? GSL is a bit antiquated sans their Gauss Legendre methods so it’s surprising to see it come up here 😅

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**Author:** ![greatpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@greatpet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greatpet)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gsl-for-differential-equations/123920/3 "2024-12-17T12:48:16Z")

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The standard choice is DifferentialEquations.jl. Here’s a simple example from the docs:

> **[Classical Physics Models · DifferentialEquations.jl](https://docs.sciml.ai/DiffEqDocs/stable/examples/classical_physics/#First-order-linear-ODE)**
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> Documentation for DifferentialEquations.jl.