Re: Problem with replacement rules
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- Subject: [mg92043] Re: Problem with replacement rules
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:14:05 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
and what does Solve[] ? work with polynomial equations???
So there is no problem, because nobody would use Solve[]
for an equation like Sin[x]-y
Regards
Jens
magma wrote:
> On Sep 11, 12:16 pm, Jens-Peer Kuska <ku... at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> makeFunction[expr_, x_] := Module[{var},
>> var = Complement[Variables[expr], {x}];
>> Function @@ {var, x /. Solve[expr == 0, x][[1]]}
>> ]
>>
>> and
>>
>> f = makeFunction[2 + x - y^2, x];
>>
>> Plot[f[z], {z, -2, 2}]
>>
>> ??
>>
>> Regards
>> Jens
>
> This code proposed by Jens-Peer Kuska only works with polynomial
> equations, because Variables only works correctly with polynomials.
> For example,
>
> makeFunction[Sin[x]-y,x]
>
> gives as output:
>
> Function[{y, Sin[x]}, ArcSin[y]]
>
> which is incorrect and cannot be plotted.
>
> A more general code is the following:
>
> invFunction[expr_, x_, vars_List] :=
> Function @@ {vars, x /. Solve[expr == 0, x][[1]]}
>
> where the argument x is the dependent variable and vars_List is the
> list of independent variables.
>
> Now you have as before:
> f = invFunction[2 + x - y^2, x, {y}]
>
> Plot[f[z], {z, -2, 2}]
>
> for your polynomial functions, but also
>
> f = invFunction[Sin[x] - y, x, {y}]
> Plot[f[z], {z, -2, 2}]
>
> without a problem.
>
> An example with multiple indep. variables:
>
> f = invFunction[Sin[x] - y - z, x, {y, z}]
> Plot3D[f[y, z], {y, -1, 1}, {z, -1, 1}]
>
> hth
>