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Re: how to minimize a trigonometric function with some symbol const

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  • Subject: [mg96348] Re: how to minimize a trigonometric function with some symbol const
  • From: dh <dh at metrohm.com>
  • Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:34:51 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <gmu8un$gq3$1@smc.vnet.net>


Hi,

your syntax is wrong. Should be:

f[x_]:=(a*Sin[t] - x0)^2 + (b*Cos[t] - y0)^2

Daniel



tomt wrote:

> f(t)=a*Sin[t] - x0)^2 + (b*Cos[t] - y0)^2.

> t is variable,others is const.

> 0<=t<2*Pi,a>0,b>0

> 

> I have tried it again and again in mathematica ,but can't get a right result

> 




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