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Re: Calculate n in binomial distribution

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  • Subject: [mg101229] Re: Calculate n in binomial distribution
  • From: "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:04:24 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <h229dp$i0v$1@smc.vnet.net>

> Is it, because Abs isn't differentiable at the peak?
>
Nope, (cf[n, 0.2, 7] - 0.3)^2 which has its maximum at the same point
doesn't work either.

> I tried other ways too, like Reduce NMinimize, FindMinimum, but no success.
>

NMinimize[{Abs[cf[n, 0.2, 7] - 0.3], n > 7}, n]

works (if you don't mind n being real).

Cheers -- Sjoerd

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