Re: FindMinimum::nnum
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- Subject: [mg54115] Re: [mg54075] FindMinimum::nnum
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:33:27 -0500 (EST)
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On 10 Feb 2005, at 07:46, Joshua A. Solomon wrote:
> The following one-line program produces a strange error message.
>
> FindMinimum[(2.3-FindMinimum[Sin[x
> y],{x,2}][[2,1,2]])^2,{y,1}][[2,1,2]]
>
> The error message is
>
> FindMinimum::nnum: The function value Sin[2. y] is not a number at {x}
> =
> {2.}.
>
> Eventually, the correct output (2.05 or thereabouts) is given, but how
> can
> this code be re-written so as not to produce the error message
> (barring the
> obvious hack of Off[FindMinimum::nnum])?
>
> js
> --
> Joshua A. Solomon
> http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/~solomon
>
>
>
There are a number of ways based on the same idea; here is one that I
find slightly amusing:
FindMinimum[(2.3 - If[y > 0, FindMinimum[Sin[x*y], {x, 2}][[2,1,2]],
FindMinimum[Sin[x*y], {x, 2}][[2,1,2]]])^2, {y, 1}][[2,1,2]]
2.04886477306882
Andrzej Kozlowski
Chiba, Japan
http://www.akikoz.net/~andrzej/
http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~akoz/
- References:
- FindMinimum::nnum
- From: "Joshua A. Solomon" <J.A.Solomon@city.ac.uk>
- FindMinimum::nnum