Re: time consumption FindRoot
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: Re: time consumption FindRoot
- From: keiper
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 92 10:21:59 CST
Ted van der Togt, Delft, the Netherlands writes: > I tried to find the root of a certain function (repeatedly, with > different arguments) and wondered what was taking Mma so long. > After I traced the part where it was going wrong, I figured out > that FindRoot took more time, each time it was called! Even for > the same arguments! Has anyone an idea why?, and how I might avoid this? There is a bug in the pseudo-compiler. If you use the option Compiled -> False the timing should remain constant. Jerry B. Keiper keiper at wri.com