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Re: Compiling functions

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  • Subject: [mg31751] Re: Compiling functions
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 02:43:50 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hi,

expr = (-b + Sqrt[b^2 - 4*a*c])/(2*a);
tf = Compile[{{a, _Complex}, {b, _Complex}, {c, _Complex}},
Evaluate[expr]]

Regards
  Jens


Cyril Fischer wrote:
> 
> Hello. I would like to ask you for help with compiling functions.
> 
> Let's have
> expr = (-b + Sqrt[b^2 - 4*a*c])/(2*a)
> 
> Simple compile does not work for me:
> tf = Compile[{a, b, c}, expr];  tf[1, 2, 3]
> 
> in this case the the values are not substitued for symbols.
> 
> Such a ugly construction works
> tf = Compile[{a1, b1, c1},
>     Evaluate[expr /. {a -> a1, b -> b1, c -> c1}]]; tf[1, 2, 3]
> 
> however it failes to evaluate compiled expression as the sqrt result is
> not real.
> 
> 1. How can I compile (assigned) expressions without substitution for
> each parameter?
> 
> 2. How can I compile expressions, which (for real input) can give
> complex output?
> 
> Thanks, Cyril F.


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