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Re: How to find Complex roots !!

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  • Subject: [mg26131] Re: How to find Complex roots !!
  • From: "Paul Lutus" <nospam at nosite.com>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 01:56:26 -0500 (EST)
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"jncheong" <jncheong at postech.ac.kr> wrote in message
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> I'd like to know how to find complex roots in the equation like:
>
> f(x) = x^n + x^(n-1)+ ...+ x*cos(x)*i+ x*cosh(x) *i + something=0;

In[19]:=
f := x^n + x^(n-1)+ x Cos[x] I+ x Cosh[x] I + y==0;
n = 3;y = 5;

In[20]:=
FindRoot[f,{x,1}]

Out[20]=
{x -> 0.277439+1.19433 I}

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Paul Lutus
www.arachnoid.com





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