Re: Newton-Raphson Root Finding, Difficulty in coding
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- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 22:10:47 -0400 (EDT)
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As you've surmised, and as the docs suggest, FindRoot will locate only a
single root at a time and for a single equation. To use it for your
whole list of equations:
FindRoot[v[[#]] == 0, {vi, 4}] & /@ Range[60]
I omitted the WorkingPrecision option: as the warning messages generated
will suggest, you're going to have to play with that as well as
PrecisionGoal, AccuracyGoal, and MaxIterations.
On Oct 9, 2013, at 2:11 AM, Cory <leahyc1 at apps.tcnj.edu> wrote:
> I need to use the Newton Raphson Method to find values of Specific
Volume from the Van der Waal equation over a process of constant
Temperature but variant Pressure.
>
> I've worked Mathematica to be able to spit out a list of however many
iterations I want between the desired Pressure min and max (3.9 atm to
59.2 atm). Further, I am able to find the root of a single specified
element in the list. However, I am unable to figure out how to get the
roots (Specific volumes) for all elements at once.
>
> For example:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> FindRoot[v[[59]] == 0, {vi, 4}, WorkingPrecision -> 20]
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> will show vi, specific volume, for the 59th element in the list.
>
> I've tried the following, thinking this would work for multiple elements:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> FindRoot[v[[1;;60]] == 0, {vi, 4}, WorkingPrecision -> 20]
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> However I receive an error.
>
> "FindRoot::nveq: "The number of equations does not match the number of variables in FindRoot[v[[1;;60]]==0,{vi,4},WorkingPrecision->20].""
>
> This is my code:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> a = 1.36;
> b = .003183;
> R = .0820578;
> T = 333;
> inc = (59.2 - 3.9)/60;
>
> v = Table[
> vi - ((((atm) + (a/vi^2)) (vi - b) - (R*T))/((atm) - (a/
> vi^2) + (2 a*b/vi^3))), {atm, 3.9, 59.2, inc}]
>
> FindRoot[v[[59]] == 0, {vi, 4}, WorkingPrecision -> 20]
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
>
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Murray Eisenberg
murray at math.umass.edu
Mathematics & Statistics Dept.
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University of Massachusetts
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Amherst, MA 01003-9305
- References:
- Newton-Raphson Root Finding, Difficulty in coding
- From: Cory <leahyc1@apps.tcnj.edu>
- Newton-Raphson Root Finding, Difficulty in coding