Re: Message: "Numerical interation converging too slowly"
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- Subject: [mg83250] Re: Message: "Numerical interation converging too slowly"
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:25:32 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Hoa Bui wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please help!
>
> I have a list of points:
> lst={{0,0.0673209172484956`},{0.003449278068524249`,0.10109827933089396`},{\
> 0.014031516572727063`,0.19966139796005267`},{0.04649737451028208`,0.\
> 2870434103185859`}}
>
> I then define a function NN[x] that returns the linearly interpolated
> value at x:
> linN = Interpolation[lst, InterpolationOrder -> 1];
> NN[x_?NumberQ]:=linN[x];
>
> In[17]:=NN[0]
> Out[17]=0.0673209
>
> In[18]:=NIntegrate[NN[s],{s,0,0.45}]
> Out[18]=0.344713
>
> However, if I want to make the integral a function of the upper limit,
> and plot it:
> Plot[NIntegrate[NN[s],{s,0,z}],{z,0,0.045}],
> I get this message:
> "NIntegrate::slwcon: Numerical integration converging too slowly; suspect one \
> of the following: singularity, value of the integration being 0, oscillatory \
> integrand, or insufficient WorkingPrecision. If your integrand is oscillatory \
> try using the option Method->Oscillatory in NIntegrate."
>
> Maybe there's nothing wrong with the result, but I'm not sure. And the
> message is annoying, too.
> Does anyone know how to make Mathematica do the work without complaining?
>
> I appreciate it.
> HB
>
Hum, the posted code works fine (i.e. no warning nor error messages are
issued) with Mathematica 6.0.1. I have uploaded the following pdf on my
web site so you can check the graph produced by your version against
version 6:
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~jmg336/mathematica/HoaBuiIntegration.pdf
(Sorry, I am away from my machine with version 5.2 installed, so I
cannot investigate further.)
Regards,
--
Jean-Marc