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Re: Solving Transcendental Equations ~ sin(x)/x
Posted:
Oct 11, 2012 8:40 AM
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On 10/11/2012 12:33 AM, ehahn wrote:
>>> syms y;
>>> p=0;
>>> k = -2*pi;.01:2*pi;
>>> s='P*sin(y*a)/(y*a)+cos(y*a)=cos(x*a)';
>>> solve(s)
> Warning: Explicit solution could not be found.
>> In solve at 169
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> ans =
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> [ empty sym ]
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> Hi all, I am trying to solve this transcendental eqn for a class project. I only know Matlab basics and I am having trouble figuring out what is not working.
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> Ideally I would solve this for p = [0 3*pi/2 3*pi/10 1000] and then plot(x,y)
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> Thanks for any help
> -Eric
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> --http://compgroups.net/comp.soft-sys.matlab/
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In my opinion, you should be looking for numerical solutions, not
symbolic ones. Take a look at the documentation for fzero.
http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/math/roots-of-scalar-functions.html
Alan Weiss
MATLAB mathematical toolbox documentation
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