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Re: estimation

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  • Subject: [mg108602] Re: estimation
  • From: Tomas Garza <tgarza10 at msn.com>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:23:35 -0500 (EST)

If by "estimate" you mean "evaluate", then just use the right syntax. The exponential function in Mathematica is written Exp, and its argument must be inside brackets "[" and "]". For example, if you wish to use z== -1 + I (a complex number with Re(z)<0, where I is the syntax for the imaginary i):

In[27]:== z (-1/2 Exp[2*z]+3/2*Exp[z])/.z->-1.+I

Out[27]== -0.729119-0.076501 I

I just copied your expression and substituted the exp() by Exp[]. The period after the last 1 is meant to give you a numerical value.

Tomas

> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:43:19 -0500
> From: magdamoczydlowska at gmail.com
> Subject: [mg108586] estimation
> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
>
> Hi,
>
> Do you know how to estimate  z (-1/2 exp(2*z)+3/2*exp(z)) where z is a
> complex number  ( Re(z)<0).
>
> Thank You,
> Magdalena
>


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