Kernel Quits without error message. (Was: Better recursive method?)
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- Subject: [mg72833] Kernel Quits without error message. (Was: Better recursive method?)
- From: Johan Grönqvist <johan.gronqvist at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:22:09 -0500 (EST)
Hi, When trying to modify the example given by nandan, I arrive at a short function that makes the Kernel quit without displaying any error or warning message. With the definition pi[0, theta_] := 0; pi[1, theta_] := 1; pi[i_, theta_] := pi[i, theta] = N[(2i - 1)/(i - 1) Cos[theta] pi[i - 1, theta] - i/(i - 1) * pi[i - 2, theta]] and a high value for $RecursionLimit, I can evaluate pi[1000,1] in about 0.06 seconds but the kernel quits when attempting pi[10000,1]. There is neither warning nor error, and I see the same behaviour several times. I have seen this both in my student version, and in my university's full version of mathematica 5.2 on Linux. Thanks in advance. Johan