Re: needed.
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- Subject: [mg127058] Re: needed.
- From: "djmpark" <djmpark at comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 04:11:10 -0400 (EDT)
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You could try this:
Plot[Exp[8*(10 - Abs[10 - 20000*x])]*(1 -
Erf[(8*(10 - Abs[10 - 20000*x]))^(1/2)]), {x, 0, 1*10^(-3)},
PlotRange -> Full,
WorkingPrecision -> 6]
And then maybe someone can explain why MachinePrecision fails but a
WorkingPrecision as low as 6 works.
David Park
djmpark at comcast.net
http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/index.html
From: Cyril [mailto:cyril.stephanos at gmail.com]
Hi everyone
I am using the error function as part of differential equations I am solving
with NDSolve.
Unfortunately, for certain parameters, the error function Erf[] starts
oscillating and yielding wrong values.
The oscillation does not show when I plot the error function itself, but
when I plot this expression
Plot[Exp[8*(10 - Abs[10 - 20000*x])]*(1 - Erf[(8*(10 - Abs[10 -
20000*x]))^(1/2)]), {x, 0, 1*10^(-3)}, PlotRange -> Full]
it becomes visible.
When I do the integration for error function with NDSolve manually and plot
the expression, the oscillation vanishes for high values of PrecisionGoal
and WorkingPrecision, e.g.
Plot[ Exp[8*(10 - Abs[10 - 20000*x])]*(1 - NIntegrate[ 2/Sqrt[Pi] Exp[-t^2],
{t, 0, (8*(10 - Abs[10 - 20000*x]))^(1/2)}, PrecisionGoal -> 40,
WorkingPrecision -> 40]), {x, 0, 1*10^(-3)}, PlotRange -> Full]
The oscillation of Erf[] is not only visible in the plot, it also leads to
wrong results in my calculations.
I tried to increase the precision of Erf[] by using N[Erf[],n] with very
high values for n - as described in the Mathematica help - but it does not
change anything.
Solving the Integral for the error function manually with NDSolve yields two
problems. It is very slow - it takes about three minutes on my computer (I
have to solve many equations) - whereas Erf[] is much faster. And it seems
that I cannot use NDSolve as part of an equation I want to solve with
NDSolve itself.
Is there a possibility to increase the precision of Erf[] and obtain more
accurate results?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Best regards
Cyril