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Re: Re: New Analytical Functions - Mathematica Verified

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• Subject: [mg66871] Re: [mg66853] Re: New Analytical Functions - Mathematica Verified
• From: Daniel Lichtblau <danl at wolfram.com>
• Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 04:08:47 -0400 (EDT)
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Mohamed Al-Dabbagh wrote:

 > Daniel Lichtblau wrote:
 >
 >> [...]
 >> I'll point out some things with regard to your reformulation of a
 >> sawtooth in terms of elementary functions. It is not hard to define the
 >> derivative of FractionalPart as 1, and this is a.e. correct, that is,
 >> correct except at jumps, where the derivative, strictly speaking, is not
 >> defined. So a question to ask is what do you want the derivative to do
 >> at such points? Your gPaper, shown below, will give an Indeterminate at
 >> x = 12 (which one might regard as a good thing). So if that is the
 >> behavior you want, well and good.
 >>
 >> f[x_] := x^5
 >>
 >> Fr[x_] := 1/2 - ArcTan[Cot[Pi*x]]/Pi
 >>
 >> gPaper[x_] := Fr[f[x]]
 >>
 >> If we simply do
 >>
 >> Derivative[1][FractionalPart][x_] := 1 + DiracDelta[x-IntegerPart[x]]
 >> Derivative[n_Integer /; n>1][FractionalPart][x_] := 0
 >>
 >
 >
 > Will the above two definitions change the behaviour of FractionalPart
 > function?

They will change the behavior of its derivatives. Actually I think I did 
not want to use the DiracDelta component in that particular definition 
(or else to use further derivatives thereof in the definition for higher 
derivatives of FractionalPart).


 >> gMath[x_] := FractionalPart[f[x]]
 >>
 >> we'll get an exact result for gMath''[61/5] that agrees with yours
 >> numerically but is in vastly simpler form. We'll also get a rational
 >> result for gMath''[12] that might or might not be what you'd want.
 >
 >
 >
 > Is that really simpler??!!

Did you try it?

In[11]:= InputForm[gPaper''[61/5]]
Out[11]//InputForm=
(907924*Csc[(574*Pi)/3125]^2)/(25*(1 + Cot[(574*Pi)/3125]^2)) +
  (383414625994562*Pi*Cot[(574*Pi)/3125]*Csc[(574*Pi)/3125]^2)/
   (15625*(1 + Cot[(574*Pi)/3125]^2)) -
  (383414625994562*Pi*Cot[(574*Pi)/3125]*Csc[(574*Pi)/3125]^4)/
   (15625*(1 + Cot[(574*Pi)/3125]^2)^2)

In[12]:= InputForm[gMath''[61/5]]
Out[12]//InputForm= 907924/25


 > Moreover, you rather used an exact rational
 > form and you didn't use the approximate 12.2`400 (12.2 correct to 400
 > digits) to see what my experiment will be?

It occurs to me that by taking the code I wrote anyone interested can 
quite easily check the approximate case. Anyway, here they are. You will 
notice gMath'' gets around 14-15 more digits than gPaper''.

In[9]:= InputForm[gMath''[N[61/5,400]]]
Out[9]//InputForm=
36316.95999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999\
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999\
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999\
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999\
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999\
99999999999999999999999999999998868`399.52287874528037

In[10]:= InputForm[gPaper''[N[61/5,400]]]
Out[10]//InputForm=
36316.96000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
00000000000002`385.50064348271536


 > Again, you should use my
 > definition for FractionalPart function to get precise results.
 >
 > Now why you used [x-IntegerPart[x]]? Why didn't you simply use
 > FractionalPart?

FractionalPart could have been used in the delta function, now that you 
mention it.


 > I will do experiments again, and will post results.. I
 > hope moderator wont take long to publish them.

Messages posted to the group usually appear on the next day.


 > Mohamed Al-Dabbagh


Daniel Lichtblau
Wolfram Research

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  • Re: New Analytical Functions - Mathematica Verified
    • From: "Mohamed Al-Dabbagh" <mohamed_al_dabbagh@hotmail.com>