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Re: FindRoot with a parameter

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• Subject: [mg88866] Re: [mg88858] FindRoot with a parameter
• From: "W_Craig Carter" <ccarter at mit.edu>
• Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 06:46:08 -0400 (EDT)
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Hello Aaron,

Try this:
aRoot[a_] := FindRoot[a*x == 1/2, {x, 1}]

aRoot[.2]

Plot[x /. aRoot[var], {var, .1, .5}]

Craig

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 5:18 AM, Aaron Fude <aaronfude at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How does one accomplish something like this:
>
> K[a_] = FindRoot[a*x == 1/2, {x, 1}]
>
> My intention is to plot how the zero of a function depends on
> parameters.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Aaron
>
>


-- 
W. Craig Carter

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