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Re: ts ts ts

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  • Subject: [mg5001] Re: ts ts ts
  • From: Daniel Lichtblau <danl>
  • Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 02:25:48 -0400
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Arthur Fritzsche wrote:
> 
> Hi there.
> 
> Does anybody know why Mathematica gets choked trying to solve
> this simple equation? (seems like an easy way to calculate Fourier series up to n=3)
> 
> ---------------------------------
> x1=3
> y1=3
> x2=4
> y2=4
> x3=5
> y3=5
> x4=10
> y4=-20
> x5=11
> y5=30
> x6=12
> y6=-30
> x7=18
> y7=0
> 
> Solve[{
>     y1==a0+a1 Cos[x1]+b1 Sin[x1]+a2 Cos[2 x1]+b2 Sin[2 x1]+a3 Cos[3 x1]+
>         b3 Sin[3 x1],
>     y2==a0+a1 Cos[x2]+b1 Sin[x2]+a2 Cos[2 x2]+b2 Sin[2 x2]+a3 Cos[3 x2]+
>         b3 Sin[3 x2],
>     y3==a0+a1 Cos[x3]+b1 Sin[x3]+a2 Cos[2 x3]+b2 Sin[2 x3]+a3 Cos[3 x3]+
>         b3 Sin[3 x3],
>     y4==a0+a1 Cos[x4]+b1 Sin[x4]+a2 Cos[2 x4]+b2 Sin[2 x4]+a3 Cos[3 x4]+
>         b3 Sin[3 x4],
>     y5==a0+a1 Cos[x5]+b1 Sin[x5]+a2 Cos[2 x5]+b2 Sin[2 x5]+a3 Cos[3 x5]+
>         b3 Sin[3 x5],
>     y6==a0+a1 Cos[x6]+b1 Sin[x6]+a2 Cos[2 x6]+b2 Sin[2 x6]+a3 Cos[3 x6]+
>         b3 Sin[3 x6],
>     y7==a0+a1 Cos[x7]+b1 Sin[x7]+a2 Cos[2 x7]+b2 Sin[2 x7]+a3 Cos[3 x7]+
>         b3 Sin[3 x7]}, {a0, a1, b1, a2, b2, a3, b3}]
> ---------------------------------
> 
> Might there be a more straightforward solution? The sinus and cosinus terms evidently are fixed, so....
> 
> Gratitude beyond expression,
> 
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You have a dense symbolic linear system. It is symbolic in the sense
that the numeric quantities Cos[18] etc. are "encapsulated" as
variables. It takes about 20 sec on a pentium pro using version 3.0. The
result has a LeafCount around 1.4 meg.

Wrapping N[] around the equations results in a short numeric solution in
a fraction of a second.


Daniel Lichtblau
Wolfram Research
danl at wolfram.com


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