Re: FindMinimum Problem
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- Subject: [mg44650] Re: FindMinimum Problem
- From: Jiang Xiao <jiang.xiao at physics.gatech.edu>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 04:59:15 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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thank you for replying, I tried it, but it still doesn't work.
what's the meaning of x_?NumericQ?
if I let foo[x_?NumericQ]:=x^2-x, findminimum can't get output either,
but no problem with foo[x_]:=x^2-x.
Jiang
Jens-Peer Kuska wrote:
> Hi,
>
> you ust make a function
>
> foo[x_?NumericQ]:=x^2-a[0]*x/.NDSolve[{a'[z]==x*z,a[1]==1},a,{z,0,1}]
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> FindMinimum[foo[x],{x,-1,1}]
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> Regards
> Jens
>
> Jiang Xiao wrote:
>
>>Hi, all,
>> recently I am dealing with a problem as following, findminimum(over x)
>>of a function f[a[0],x], where a[z] satisfies a differential equation
>>a'[z]=x*z say. The code is like:
>>FindMinimum[x^2-a[0]*x/.NDSolve[{a'[z]==x*z,a[1]==1},a,{z,0,1}],{x,-1,1}]
>>
>>the problem is that I can do it in mathematica 4.2, but can't in mathematica
>>5.0 now. Do anybody where is the problem?
>>
>>thanks,
>>
>>Jiang
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