Re: How to use FindMaximum with a parameter passed to NDSolve??
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- Subject: [mg129150] Re: How to use FindMaximum with a parameter passed to NDSolve??
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr357 at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:38:40 -0500 (EST)
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>From the documentation for FindMaximum: "FindMaximum first localizes
the values of all variables, then evaluates f with the variables being
symbolic, and then repeatedly evaluates the result numerically." This
initial symbolic evaluation launches a sequence of symbolic calls that
if not stopped will result in a call to NDSolve symbolically.
Restricting the definition of pendulum for only numeric arguments
terminates this sequence before the problem occurs.
Bob Hanlon
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Juan Barandiaran
<barandiaran.juan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Bob,
> your answer solves my question: just by adding ?NumericQ to the function
> "pendulum" with NDSolve everything works fine apart from the precision
> problems which is another matter (not important in this case).
>
> pendulum[long_?NumericQ] :=
> First[fi /.
> NDSolve[{fi''[t] + 9.8 Cos[long] Sin[fi[t]] + .5 fi'[t] == 0,
> fi[0] == Pi/2, fi'[0] == 0}, fi, {t, 0, 50}]]
>
> total[dynamics_, p_] := dynamics[3.1] + p
> FindMaximum[total[pendulum[long], long ] , {long, 0.01}]
>
> But why?
> What is the rationale behind it?
> If I understand correctly, using ?NumericQ in the variables of a function
> should test the variable and only execute the function if the variable is a
> number.
> Is this test enough for the FindMaximum function to assign a value to the
> long before calling total, and then pendulum, and then NDSolve? Why?
>
> Thanks a lot for your answer, it helped me a lot.
>
> Best regards,
>
> JBB
>
>
>
>
> 2012/12/17 Bob Hanlon <hanlonr357 at gmail.com>
>>
>> Since pendulum uses NDSolve it can only be evaluated for a numeric
>> argument; consequently, its definition should be restricted to numeric
>> arguments. You will also need to use a higher precision than machine
>> precision.
>>
>> eqns = Rationalize[{
>> fi''[t] + 9.8 Cos[long] Sin[fi[t]] +
>> .5 fi'[t] == 0, fi[0] == Pi/2, fi'[0] == 0}, 0];
>>
>> pendulum[long_?NumericQ] := First[fi /. NDSolve[
>> eqns, fi, {t, 0, 50}, WorkingPrecision -> 25]]
>>
>> total[dynamics_, p_] := dynamics[31/10] + p
>>
>> max = FindMaximum[{total[pendulum[long], long]},
>> {long, 0.01`30}, WorkingPrecision -> 30];
>>
>> max /. x_?NumericQ :> Round[x, 10.^-6]
>>
>> {13.3595, {long -> 9.81034}}
>>
>>
>> Bob Hanlon
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 2:58 AM, JBB <barandiaran.juan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > This is probably a simple sintax question, but could somebody tell me
>> > how can I use the FindMaximum function when the variable used has to be used
>> > in an internal NDSolve??
>> >
>> > A simplified version of some code to show the error is as follows:
>> >
>> > pendulum[long_] :=
>> > First[fi /.
>> > NDSolve[{fi''[t] + 9.8 Cos[long] Sin[fi[t]] + .5 fi'[t] == 0,
>> > fi[0] == Pi/2, fi'[0] == 0}, fi, {t, 0, 50}]]
>> >
>> > total[dynamics_, p_] := dynamics[3.1] + p
>> >
>> > FindMaximum[{total[pendulum[long], long ] }, {long, 0.01}]
>> >
>> > I get the following error:
>> >
>> > In[146]:= FindMaximum[
>> > Evaluate[total[pendulum[long], long ] ], {long, 0.01}]
>> >
>> > During evaluation of In[146]:= NDSolve::ndnum: Encountered non-numerical
>> > value for a derivative at t == 0.`. >>
>> >
>> > During evaluation of In[146]:= ReplaceAll::reps: {NDSolve[{9.8 Cos[long]
>> > Sin[fi[<<1>>]]+0.5
>> > (fi^\[Prime])[t]+(fi^\[Prime]\[Prime])[t]==0,fi[0]==\[Pi]/2,(fi^\[Prime])[0]==0},fi,{t,0,50}]}
>> > is neither a list of replacement rules nor a valid dispatch table, and so
>> > cannot be used for replacing. >>
>> >
>> > During evaluation of In[146]:= FindMaximum::nrnum: The function value
>> > -0.01-fi[3.1] is not a real number at {long} = {0.01}. >>
>> >
>> > Out[146]= FindMaximum[long + fi[3.1], {long, 0.01}]
>> >
>> > If I understand correctly, probably because the variable "long" has not
>> > been assigned a value by FindMaximum before calling the internal NDSolve.
>> >
>> > Is there a simple way of doing this?
>> > In my real case the functions are longer but the essence of the problem
>> > is the same: I have to find the maximum of some function in which the
>> > variables are parameters of other functions including a NDSolve.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any hint,
>> >
>> > JBB
>
>
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- How to use FindMaximum with a parameter passed to NDSolve??
- From: JBB <barandiaran.juan@gmail.com>
- How to use FindMaximum with a parameter passed to NDSolve??