Re: find root
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg42766] Re: [mg42474] find root
- From: Amit Gandhi <akgandhi at uchicago.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 05:08:11 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi - FindRoot is a numerical method - essentially it implements Newton's method for several variables - so it cannot solve things symbolically because it is meant to deal precisely with those problems that do not have a closed form solution. Amit On Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 02:36 AM, renukadevi ramasamy wrote: > Hi, > in find root command is it possible to get the root in terms of a > constant. > a simple example: ax+b=0 if we use solve command we get the result > x=-b/a.But get error message when i try to use find root command to > get the result in terms of constant without giving numerical values to > the constant. > Thanks > > > >