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Re: Different answers between versions

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  • Subject: [mg42937] Re: Different answers between versions
  • From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 02:04:52 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: The University of Western Australia
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In article <bg9n2a$pjh$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
 nilton.volpato at ig.com.br (Nilton Volpato) wrote:

> I'm getting different answers with the Solve function, like this:
> 
> ************
> Version 5.0:
> ************
> In[5]:= Solve[ { f[0.] == -h1, f[cmin] == 0., f[ 0.5 cmax ] == h2,
> f[cmax] == 0., f[.94 lmax ] == h1, f[ .75 cmax ] == h2/3., f'[0.] ==
> 0., f'[0.5 cmax] == 0., f'[cmax] == 0., f''[cmin] == 0. } //. {
> cmax->480., cmin->120., lmax->600., h1->100., h2->120.,
> f[x_]->Plus@@Table[ a[i] x^i, {i,0, 9}] } ]
> Solve::svars: Equations may not give solutions for all "solve"
> variables.

Further to my previous suggestion, you could use InterpolatingPolynomial 
instead of Interpolation,

 fint = Function[x, Evaluate[InterpolatingPolynomial[      
  {{0, {-h1, 0}}, {cmin, {0, a, 0}}, {0.5 cmax, {h2, 0}},
   {0.75 cmax, h2/3.}, {cmax, {0, 0}}, {0.94 lmax, h1}} /.
   {cmax -> 480., cmin -> 120., lmax -> 600., h1 -> 100., h2 -> 120.},
  x]]]; 

determining the value of a by requiring the coefficient of x^10 to 
vanish,

 fint = fint /. First[Solve[Coefficient[fint[x], x^10] == 0, a]]; 

and plot the InterpolatingPolynomial.

  Plot[fint[x], {x, 0, 0.94 lmax/.lmax -> 600.}, PlotRange -> All]; 

Cheers,
Paul

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