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Re: Re: Re: Condition/constraint problem

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  • Subject: [mg40991] Re: [mg40976] Re: [mg40938] Re: Condition/constraint problem
  • From: Bobby Treat <drmajorbob+MathGroup3528 at mailblocks.com>
  • Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 03:20:12 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

There may be a precision issue, but the original results aren't 
centered around the right function, as this shows very clearly:

vx1[t_] := 0.0015 + 0.0012 Sin[70 t] /; t < 5
vx2[t_] := 0.0015 + 0.0012 Sin[70 t]
fin1 = Dt[vx1[t], t];
fin2 = Dt[vx2[t], t]
fin3 = Chop@Fit[data1, {Sin[70t], Cos[70t]}, t]
Plot[fin1 - fin3, {t, 0, 2},
    PlotPoints -> 100, PlotRange -> All]

0.08399999999999999*Cos[70*t]
-0.04011015563218277*Cos[70*t]

Mathematica has settled on the wrong derivative.  Here's an attempt to 
get at the precision issue.

data3 = {t,
    Derivative[
        1][vx1][t]} /. List /@
              Thread[t -> SetPrecision[data1[[All, 1]], 20]];
mean = Tr@#/Length@# &;
mean@Abs@(data3[[All, 2]] - data1[[All, 2]])

0.0457237

These differences are much too large to attribute to precision 
problems.  Finally, look at this:

fin4 = Chop@Fit[data3, {1, Sin[70t], Cos[70t]}, t]

0.0125385 Cos[70 t]

Mathematica has simply settled on another wrong derivative.

The following answers puzzle me, as the precision of the input doesn't 
seem to affect the output.

{fin1, fin2, fin3, fin4} /. t -> 2.

{0.00793433, -0.0166163, 0.00793433, -0.00248029}

{fin1, fin2, fin3, fin4} /. t -> 2.`50

{-0.0166163, -0.0166163, 0.00793433, -0.00248029}

Bobby

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
<kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>; u8514501 at cc.nctu.edu.tw
Subject: [mg40991] Re: [mg40976] Re: [mg40938] Re: Condition/constraint problem

This seems to be just an accuracy problem due to the very rapidly 
oscillating nature of the function. You need much more accurate input, 
and even then the answers won't be exactly the same:


In[1]:=
vx1[t_] := 3/2000 + (3*Sin[70*t])/2500 /; t < 5


In[2]:=
vx2[t_] := 3/2000 + (3*Sin[70*t])/2500


In[3]:=
Derivative[1][vx1][2.`50]


Out[3]=
-0.016616340216276107118073957504289560620917139256026603482\
40545`46.5497


In[4]:=
Derivative[1][vx2][2.`50]


Out[4]=
-0.016616340216358530300150292495099072037728048646002646485\
71143`47.1588


Andrzej Kozlowski
Yokohama, Japan
http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~akoz/
http://platon.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/andrzej/


On Saturday, April 26, 2003, at 04:26 pm, Bobby Treat wrote:


> Your explanation implies there IS no value for vx1'[t], but 
Mathematica
> does compute one, when t is numeric. It's simply wrong.
>
> vx1[t_] := 0.0015 + 0.0012 Sin[70 t] /; t < 5
> vx2[t_] := 0.0015 + 0.0012 Sin[70 t]
> vx1'[2.]
> vx2'[2.]
>
> 0.00793433
> -0.0166163
>
> Bobby
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: [mg40991] [mg40976] [mg40938] Re: Condition/constraint problem
>
> Hi,
>
> der derivative is complete right, since
> Condition[] has no derivative
>
> Dt[vx1[t]] evaluates to vx1'[t]
>
> until you can tell Mathematica how to
> find out
> a) what the function value of vx1[t] for t>5 may be
> b) to compute the derivative for t==5
> c) determine when the symbol t in vx1[t] may be >5
>
>
> Regards
> Jens
> Bamboo wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I find a problem and don't know why. The input is as following.
>> If a condiction(constraint) is set to the function, vx1[t],
>> the derivative of vx1[t] is worng (fin1 is not equal to fin2).
>> Any help welcome.
>>
>> vx1[t_] : = 0.0015 + 0.0012 Sin[70 t] /; t < 5
>> vx2[t_] : = 0.0015 + 0.0012 Sin[70 t]
>> fin1 = Dt[vx1[t], t]
>> fin2 = Dt[vx2[t], t]
>> Plot[fin1, {t, 0, 2}]
>> Plot[fin2, {t, 0, 2}]
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bamboo
>
>
>

  


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