Re: Roots of polynomial equations with complex coefficients
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- Subject: [mg92765] Re: Roots of polynomial equations with complex coefficients
- From: Peter Pein <petsie at dordos.net>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:35:28 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <gcq02b$bsh$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi Luiz, could you please post the equation(s) to solve? I can't imagine a polynomial equation which can not be solved by means of (N)Solve. Thanks, Peter Luiz Melo schrieb: > HI MathGroup, > > Does anybody know the algorithm Mathematica uses when NSolve is dealing with > polynomial equations with complex coefficients? Is it the Jenkins-Traub method? > I'm willing to write a Fortran code to compute polynomial roots of a very > complicated equation that Mathematica apparently cannot handle with NSolve or > FindRoot. I ultimately would like to see the C code behind NSolve, but I wonder > it is kept as a secret by Wolfram. > > Thanks, > Luiz > > > > -- > >