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Re: FindRoot & NDSolve

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  • Subject: [mg64683] Re: [mg64650] FindRoot & NDSolve
  • From: Pratik Desai <pdesai1 at umbc.edu>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:18:32 -0500 (EST)
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Pratik Desai wrote:

> Pratik Desai wrote:
>
>> Takashi Inoue wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> This is my first post to here.
>>> I have a problem and want your help.
>>>
>>> Mathematica 4 did the following calculation with no pleblem,
>>> while Mathematica 5(.2)  cannot do it.
>>>
>>> FindRoot[
>>> (f /.NDSolve[ {D[f[x], {x,1}] - 2 x - a == 0, f[0] == 0}, f, {x, -3, 
>>> 3} ][[1]])[2] == 4,
>>> {a, -10, 10}
>>>           ] 
>>
>>
>> I think FindRoot requires a initial guess in 5.X and you need some 
>> kind of looping for your different values of a
>>
>>
>> Here are two possible alternatives (that I could think of) using 
>> DSolve and NDSolve
>>
>> (*Using DSolve (more preferable perhaps because of the closed form 
>> nature)*)
>>
>> TableForm[{#,x/.FindRoot[(f/.DSolve[{D[f[x], {x,1}]== 2 x + #, f[0] 
>> == 0}, f, 
>> x][[1,1]])[x]==4,{x,1}]//N}&/@Range[-10,10,1],TableHeadings->{Automatic,{"a","Root 
>> for f[x,a]"}}]
>>
>> (*Using NDSolve  )
>>
>> Clear[f,x,a]
>> Table[Reap[NDSolve[{D[f[x], {x,1}]== 2 x + a, f[0] == 0}, f, 
>> {x,-3,3}, Method->{EventLocator, 
>> "Event"->f[x]-4,"EventAction":>Sow[{a,x}]}],{a,-10,10,1}]
>
>
> There is an error in the above code for NDSolve, here is the correct one
> Table[NDSolve[{D[f[x], {x,1}]== 2 x + a, f[0] == 0}, f, {x,-3,3}, 
> Method->{EventLocator, 
> "Event"->f[x]-4,"EventAction":>Print[{a,x}]}],{a,-10,10,1}];

There is an even bigger error (in comprehension) :-[

sorry about that!

Pratik

>
>
>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Pratik
>>
>>> Takashi Inoue,Dept. Phys. Sophia University
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>





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