Re: Problem with Maximize and conditions.
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- Subject: [mg51081] Re: [mg51046] Problem with Maximize and conditions.
- From: "Fred Simons" <f.h.simons at tue.nl>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 06:17:40 -0400 (EDT)
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Nacho,
It seems to me that the following trick should be unnecessary:
In[105]:=
Minimize[{x+y+z, {1/20 x+y+5z\[Equal]100, x \[Element] Integers,
y \[Element] Integers, z\[Element]Integers, 0<x<99,0<y<99,0<z<99}//Reduce},
{x,y,z}]
Out[105]=
{43,{x\[Rule]20,y\[Rule]4,z\[Rule]19}}
Fred Simons
Eindhoven University of Technology
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nacho" <ncc1701zzz at hotmail.com>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg51081] [mg51046] Problem with Maximize and conditions.
> Hello.
>
> I was trying to solve a problem with Mathematica 5 and I am getting
> strange results.
>
> The problem is:
>
> Minimize x+y+z, with the condition that 1/20x+y+5z==100 and x,y,z are
> Integers between 1 and 98 (inclusive).
>
> So I use:
>
> Minimize[{x+y+z, 1/20 x+y+5z\[Equal]100, x \[Element] Integers,
> y \[Element] Integers, z\[Element]Integers, 0<x<99,0<y<99,0<z<99},
> {x,y,
> z}]
>
> I have copied the text using "Plain text" option, I hope it's fine.
>
> This returns the same expression, I suppose that Mathematica cannot
> resolve it. So I use NMinimize:
>
> NMinimize[{x+y+z, 1/20 x+y+5z\[Equal]100, x \[Element] Integers,
> y \[Element] Integers, z\[Element]Integers, 0<x<99,0<y<99,0<z<99},
> {x,y,
> z}]
>
> Now I get a result, but rather weird...
>
> \!\({25.`, {x -> 1, y -> 5, z -> 1899\/100}}\)
>
> The minimum of x+y+z is 25 but z is 1899/100
> 1899/100 is not a Integers, and the nearest Integer, 19, doesn't
> satisfy 1/20x+y+5z==100, and also x+y+z is not 25 but 24.99
>
> I don't know why Mathematica has returned a Real when I specified an
> Integers. I suppose that it is related to the use of NMinimize. I
> suppose that it considers that 18.99 is so near of 19 that it can be
> considered an Integer.
>
> If you remove the condition of z being an Integer, the result changes,
> so it is affecting. Also, if you ask for "1899/100 e Integers" it
> returns False.
>
> So, does anybody know how to solve this? Ideally, I would like to know
> why Minimize doesn't work (so I have to use NMinimize), but in any
> case, how to solve the problem.
>
> Thanks!
>
- References:
- Problem with Maximize and conditions.
- From: ncc1701zzz@hotmail.com (Nacho)
- Problem with Maximize and conditions.