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Re: Recursion

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  • Subject: [mg54958] Re: Recursion
  • From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 05:03:43 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: The University of Western Australia
  • References: <d0guu7$7jn$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

In article <d0guu7$7jn$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
 Christopher Grinde <christopher.grinde at hive.no> wrote:

> I am quite new to mathematica and need help to set up a recursion loop:
>  
> 
> \!\(W\_0[T_] := \@\(\(\(12\ \[CurlyEpsilon]\_Si\)\/\(q\ a\)\) \(\(2\
> \(k\_B\) \
> T\)\/q\) Log[\(a\ W\_0[T]\)\/\(2\ n\_i[T]\)]\)\%3\)
> 
> How do I make this a recursive function which i can supply a start value for
> W0 and a limit for accuracy (W0[n]-W0[n+1]< some limit)

There is no need to solve this recursively. If you cube both sides of 
the equation, you can solve directly for W0[T]. The solution involves 
ProductLog functions.

Cheers,
Paul

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