Re: How to treat this false singular point?
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- Subject: [mg68408] Re: [mg68406] How to treat this false singular point?
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 03:59:21 -0400 (EDT)
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f[x_, xList_List] := Total[(x-xList)*Log[Abs[x-xList]]];
f[x, {x1, x2, x3}]
(x - x1)*Log[Abs[x - x1]] + (x - x2)*Log[Abs[x - x2]] + (x - x3)*Log[Abs[x - x3]]
a singularity will exist for each value of x in xList; therefor, f[xn, xList] cannot have the value 1
f[5. - 10^-15, Range[5]]
10.2273
Plot[f[x,Range[5]],{x,-1,5}];
Bob Hanlon
---- simon yang <yanshanguke at 163.com> wrote:
> Dear everyone,
> I have a function:
> f[x_]:=(x-x1)Log[Abs[x-x1]] + (x-x2)Log[Abs[x-x2]] + ... +
> (x-xn)Log[Abs[x-xn]],
> {x1,x2,...,xn}={100,200,300,...} for instance
> How to get value: f[x] as there are different singular at different x?
> I know at x=xn, f[x]==1, But Mathematica return: "Indeterminate", What
> should I do?
> what others do in C++, Fortran ?
>