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Anon.
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MATLAB vpa() doesn't compute variable-point number for expression with exponent?
Posted:
Jan 15, 2013 5:38 PM
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Trying to use vpa() to compute a variable point number for a rational expression in an exponent:
syms x;
ans1 = x^(12345/67890)
ans2 = vpa(x^(12345/67890),3)
ans2_5 = vpa((12345/67890),3)
ans3 = vpa(x*(12345/67890),3)
The above shows the issue. ans1 shows the default output of the expression. ans2 shows that vpa() is not computing the variable point number for the expression. ans 2_5 shows what it should be computing to. The result I'm looking for is x^0.182.
ans3 just shows that vpa() produces the expected result when the function is multiplication--it's something in the exponent that's tripping it up.
How can I request that the exponent be evaluated by vpa?
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