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Re: Advice on Compile

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  • Subject: [mg112503] Re: Advice on Compile
  • From: "Niels R. Walet" <niels.walet at manchester.ac.uk>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:44:02 -0400 (EDT)

Carl K. Woll wrote:
> On 9/15/2010 7:02 PM, Niels R. Walet wrote:
>> I am trying to write the following code (simplified, Mathematica 7.0.2)
>> setZu[subs_] :=
>>   Block[{Zmint}, Zmint = Evaluate[EFRp[q] /. subs]; Clear[Zmn];
>>    Zmn = Compile[{{k, _Real}},
>>      NIntegrate[Evaluate[Zmint], {q, 0, k}]];]
>> I call
>> setZu[EFRp ->  Function[{q}, q^2/(1 + q^2)^2]]
>> and than
>> Zmn[1.]
>> gives an error (because Zmint has not been expanded).
>> Of course I can move the assigment on Zmint within the compile, but it
>> leads to ugly code, and I am not sure how efficient the compile is (does
>> it do the substitution every time, or is it "compiled out"?). In real
>> life the integrals I calculate are extremely expensive, and give me the
>> coefficients for an ODE I try to solve, so extreme efficiency would be
>> appreciated: I want to compile the expression with the substitution
>> done, not the substitution process itself.
>> Any light on this issue would be appreciated.
>> Niels
>>
>>    
>
> You need to use something like With to get Zmint evaluated:
>
> setZu[subs_] := With[{Zmint = EFRp[q] /. subs},
>   Zmn = Compile[{{k, _Real}},
>      NIntegrate[Evaluate[Zmint], {q, 0, k}]];]
>
> However, for this particular integral, it would be worth considering 
> doing something like:
>
> nint = f /.
>   First@NDSolve[{f'[q] == q^2/(1 + q^2)^2, f[0] == 0}, f, {q, 0, 10}]
>
> nint[2.3]//Timing
> Zmn[2.3]//Timing
>
> Also, care to share what the real integrals you are trying to do 
> numerically?
>
> Carl Woll
> Wolfram Research
Interesting. I always struggle with the difference between With, Block 
and Module...
I like the NDSolve trick; Unfortunately, in my real integrals the 
parameter is in the integrand, not the boundary!
As far as the integrals go, a simpler taster (of a set of very long 
expressions) is
s=0.5;
tsc[k_,   q_] = (Erf[(-q + k)/(k s)] +  Erf[(q + k)/(k s)])/(2 Erf[1/s]);
subs=EFRp -> Function[{q, k},   q^2/(2) + 1/(2 ) k^2 tssc[k, q] - 1/2;
NIntegrate[(q^2/(6 q EFRp[q,k]^2) (2 D[EFRp[q, k],q] + q D[EFRp[q, 
k],q,q] )/.subs,{q,0,\[Infinity\]}]

At this point I no longer integrate to infinity; it is easier to 
integrate to something like {0, k(1+20s)}.
Niels

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