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Mathematica Precision

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  • Subject: [mg8489] Mathematica Precision
  • From: David Djajaputra <dd4b at virginia.edu>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 16:15:31 -0400
  • Organization: University of Virginia
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

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To all Mathematica lovers out there,

I would really appreciate it if anyone can give me helpful comment on
this problem.
I need to work with the following equation:

Solve[a(x + y) + c (Sqrt[1 - x^2] +  Sqrt[1 - y^2])== e, y]

It gives two roots. Fine. I then define one root as a new function:

Arguemin[x_, a_, c_, e_] :=
   (a e -a^2 x - a c Sqrt[1 - x^2] -Sqrt[-c^2  e^2 + 2 a c^2 e x + c^4 x^2
+ 2 c^3 e Sqrt[1-x^2]  - 2 a c^3 Sqrt[1-x^2]
                + a^2 c^2 (1 - x^2)])/(a^2 + c^2)

and plug it back into the original equation:

Checking[x_, a_, c_, e_]:=
  a( x + Arguemin[x,a,c,e]) +
    c (Sqrt[1 - x^2] + Sqrt[1 -(Arguemin[x,a,c,e])^2])

I set the precision to infinity:

$MaxExtraPrecision = Infinity

If I run Checking[x,a,c,e], it should give me result=e, right? (In my
problem, a=1-Cos(s) and c=Sin(s), and I choose s=0.1 here.)

Checking[Cos[0.4], 1-Cos[0.1], Sin[0.1], 0.1]

0.100252

It doesn't. For other values of s, it is even worse. Couldn't
Mathematica do better than
this?


Much thanks in advance,

David

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<HTML>
To all Mathematica lovers out there,

<P>I would really appreciate it if anyone can give me helpful comment on
this problem.
<BR>I need to work with the following equation:
<PRE>Solve[a(x + y) + c (Sqrt[1 - x^2] +&nbsp; Sqrt[1 - y^2])== e, y]</PRE>
It gives two roots. Fine. I then define one root as a new function:
<PRE>Arguemin[x_, a_, c_, e_] :=
&nbsp;&nbsp; (a e -a^2 x - a c Sqrt[1 - x^2] -Sqrt[-c^2&nbsp; e^2 + 2 a c^2 e x + c^4 x^2
+ 2 c^3 e Sqrt[1-x^2]&nbsp; - 2 a c^3 Sqrt[1-x^2]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; + a^2 c^2 (1 - x^2)])/(a^2 + c^2)</PRE>
and plug it back into the original equation:
<PRE>Checking[x_, a_, c_, e_]:=
&nbsp; a( x + Arguemin[x,a,c,e]) +&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; c (Sqrt[1 - x^2] + Sqrt[1 -(Arguemin[x,a,c,e])^2])</PRE>
I set the precision to infinity:
<PRE>$MaxExtraPrecision = Infinity</PRE>
If I run Checking[x,a,c,e], it should give me result=e, right? (In my problem,
a=1-Cos(s) and c=Sin(s), and I choose s=0.1 here.)
<PRE>Checking[Cos[0.4], 1-Cos[0.1], Sin[0.1], 0.1]</PRE>

<PRE>0.100252</PRE>
It doesn't. For other values of s, it is even worse. Couldn't Mathematica
do better than
<BR>this?
<BR>&nbsp;

<P>Much thanks in advance,

<P>David</HTML>

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