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Re: strange error

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  • Subject: [mg122266] Re: strange error
  • From: Heike Gramberg <heike.gramberg at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:21:47 -0400 (EDT)
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You could use PieceWise instead of an If construction to define your 
function. For example

test[m_] :=
 Piecewise[{{2 m, m < 100}, {200 + 1 (m - 100),
    100 <= m < 200}, {300 + .5 (m - 200), m >= 200}}]

FindRoot[test[m] == 250, {m, 0}]

returns {m -> 150.}

Heike

On 22 Oct 2011, at 12:09, Klemen Dovrtel wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> I defined a simple function that is composed of three functions, each 
for different range of argument/variable. The function was composed 
using If[] conditions. The problem is that i can't FindRoot of this 
composed function. I get an error "the function value is not a list of 
numbers with dimensions {1}", which is not true. Any idea how can i 
solve this? 
>
>
> Mathematica print screen:
>
> http://www.shrani.si/f/t/vo/3jLzgMiy/prtscr.jpg
>
> Best Regards
> Klemen




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