Re: FindRoot with NDSolve inside of it doesn't work
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- Subject: [mg111356] Re: FindRoot with NDSolve inside of it doesn't work
- From: Leonid Shifrin <lshifr at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:26:10 -0400 (EDT)
Sam, This modification will work: In[31]:= Clear[f]; f[x0_?NumericQ, y0_?NumericQ] := Module[{sol, x, y}, (sol = NDSolve[{x'[t] == x[t], y'[t] == y[t], x[0] == x0, y[0] == y0}, {x, y}, {t, 0, 1}]; {x[1], y[1]} /. sol[[1]])] In[33]:= (*f[x0_,y0_]:={x0 Exp[1],y0 Exp[1]};(*Works for this f*)*) FindRoot[f[x0, y0] == {2.7, 5.4}, {{x0, 1}, {y0, 2}}] Out[33]= {x0 -> 0.993274, y0 -> 1.98655} Apart from localizing your variables, the main thing here was to restrict x0 and y0 as input parameters to <f>, to only numeric values, by appropriate patterns. Regards, Leonid On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Sam Takoy <sam.takoy at yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I think it's completely self-explanatory what I'm trying to do in this > model example: > > f[x0_, y0_] := ( > sol = NDSolve[{x'[t] == x[t], y'[t] == y[t], x[0] == x0, > y[0] == y0}, {x, y}, {t, 0, 1}]; > {x[1], y[1]} /. sol[[1]] > ) > > (*f[x0_, y0_]:={x0 Exp[1], y0 Exp[1]}; (* Works for this f *) *) > FindRoot[f[x0, y0] == {2.7, 5.4}, {{x0, 1}, {y0, 2}}] > > Can someone please help me fix this and explain why it's not currently > working? > > Many thanks in advance! > > Sam > >