Re: Re: Re: Re: Weird result
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- From: Benedetto Bongiorno <bbongiorno at attglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 04:28:44 -0400 (EDT)
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Your statement is quite a sweeping generality without knowing the particulars. János wrote: > There are function calls in some OS libraries that are not working > correctly on AMD architecture. A good friend of mine in Hungary > worked for a software firm and the firm had just AMD machines. The > only Intel machine was his laptop. When it came to close out a major > upgrade of the firm software, all AMD machines reported problems and > only his Intel laptop gave the desired result. All AMDs were changed > overnight for Intel machines. > > J=E1nos > On May 24, 2007, at 6:03 AM, DrMajorBob wrote: > > >> I'm using an AMD 3200+ processor, in case that matters. >> >> Bobby >> >> On Wed, 23 May 2007 16:37:54 -0500, Andrzej Kozlowski >> <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl> >> wrote: >> >> >>> *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) >>> Pro* >>> That means definitely "platform dependence". It would be >>> interesting if >>> somone checked this on an Intel Mac. I think it is much more >>> likely to >>> be the processor than the operating system that makes the difference >>> here. I don't know much about such things, but some processor >>> specific >>> libraries could be responsible for this. >>> >>> Andrzej >>> >>> >>> On 24 May 2007, at 06:29, DrMajorBob wrote: >>> >>> >>>> $Version >>>> >>>> "6.0 for Microsoft Windows (32-bit) (April 20, 2007)" >>>> >>>> Bobby >>>> >>>> On Wed, 23 May 2007 16:17:31 -0500, Andrzej Kozlowski >>>> <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate >>>>> (tm) >>>>> Pro* >>>>> Yes, its curious. It might just be "platform dependence" but is >>>>> more >>>>> likely to be "time of release dependence". Mine is: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> $Version >>>>> >>>>> "6.0 for Mac OS X PowerPC (32-bit) (April 20, 2007)" >>>>> >>>>> Andrzej >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 24 May 2007, at 01:37, DrMajorBob wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Interesting. But your results are entirely different from mine, >>>>>> for >>>>>> the same input. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> which explains what is wrong (error messages can tell you a lot, >>>>>>> sometimes). >>>>>>> >>>>>> And frequently, they don't. >>>>>> >>>>>> Here's the error message at THIS machine: >>>>>> >>>>>> FindRoot::lstol: The line search decreased the step size to >>>>>> within \ >>>>>> tolerance specified by AccuracyGoal and PrecisionGoal but was >>>>>> unable \ >>>>>> to find a sufficient decrease in the merit function. You may >>>>>> need \ >>>>>> more than MachinePrecision digits of working precision to meet >>>>>> these \ >>>>>> tolerances. >> >>>>>> >>>>>> Bobby >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, 22 May 2007 06:28:08 -0500, Andrzej Kozlowski >>>>>> <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate >>>>>>> (tm) Pro* >>>>>>> I don't see any connection between these two issues. Moreover, >>>>>>> I get: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> FindRoot[h = g, {x, 0}] >>>>>>> FindRoot::njnum:The Jacobian is not a matrix of numbers at {x} >>>>>>> {0.}. >> >>>>>>> {x -> 0.} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> which explains what is wrong (error messages can tell you a lot, >>>>>>> sometimes). Trying a slightly different starting search point: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> FindRoot[h == g, {x, 0.1}] >>>>>>> {x->2.} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> {g, h} /. % >>>>>>> {0., 0.} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Andrzej Kozlowski >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 22 May 2007, at 15:47, DrMajorBob wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Even worse, FindRoot returns a wrong answer: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> g = Piecewise[{{0, x < 0}, {2 x - x^2, 0 <= x < 4}, {16 x - x^2, >>>>>>>> x=B34}}]; >>>>>>>> h = x - 2; >>>>>>>> FindRoot[h == g, {x, 0}] >>>>>>>> {g, h} /. % >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> {x->-2.84217*10^-15} >>>>>>>> {0, -2.} >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Bobby >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mon, 21 May 2007 05:01:21 -0500, Sebastian Meznaric >>>>>>>> <meznaric at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I was playing around with Mathematica 6 a bit and ran this >>>>>>>>> command >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> solve for the inverse of the Moebius transformation >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> FullSimplify[ >>>>>>>>> Reduce[(z - a)/(1 - a\[Conjugate] z) == w && a a\ >>>>>>>>> [Conjugate] < 1 >>>>>>>>> && >>>>>>>>> w w\[Conjugate] < 1, z]] >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This is what I got as a result: >>>>>>>>> -1 < w < 1 && -1 < a < 1 && z == (a + w)/(1 + w Conjugate[a]) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Why is Mathematica assuming a and w are real? The Moebius >>>>>>>>> transformation is invertible in the unit disc regardless of >>>>>>>>> whether a >>>>>>>>> and w are real or not. Any thoughts? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> --DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > Trying to argue with a politician is like lifting up the head of a > corpse. > (S. Lem: His Master Voice) > >
- References:
- Re: Weird result in Mathematica 6
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob@bigfoot.com>
- Re: Re: Weird result in Mathematica 6
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob@bigfoot.com>
- Re: Re: Re: Weird result in Mathematica 6
- From: János <janos.lobb@yale.edu>
- Re: Weird result in Mathematica 6