6
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0answers
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Mathematica 7: “LessEqual::nord:” error when using NMinimize on a real function

I encounter a problem (Mathematica 7) similar to Strategies to avoid LessEqual::nord in NMinimize? but the advised strategies don't work for me. Also, I get different results with different ...
8
votes
2answers
179 views

Problem with ContourPlot3D

The following line works fine: ...
7
votes
3answers
190 views

Plotting a 3D list causes kernel to crash if x and y axes have vastly different scales

I have access to two versions of Mathematica, version 7.0.1 on Linux and version 8 on Windows. When I try the following two lines on version 7, the kernel quits when it tries to plot. In version 8 ...
3
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0answers
77 views

An recurrence equation that can be solved in version 7 but not in version 8

A friend of mine showed me this code sample: RSolve[{a[n] == a[n - 5] + 1, Sequence @@ Table[a[i] == 1, {i, 5}]}, a[n], n] // Timing It's solved by version 7 in ...
0
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0answers
189 views

Mathematica 9's NDSolve treats sum as an integral [closed]

Sum and integral are threated the same by NDSolve in Mathematica 9: The problem was also in Mathematica 7. I submitted a bugreport to the technical support, they admitted this is a bug, fixed it in ...
2
votes
0answers
284 views

Simple contour integral with a parameter gone wrong

I run into the following problem, I tried to evaluate a very simple integral: Assuming[ a > 0 , Integrate[Sin[a*s]/(s - I)^2, {s, -Infinity, Infinity}]] ...
4
votes
0answers
155 views

NullSpace[_, Method->“OneStepRowReduction”] is sometimes wrong; how can I work out when this happens?

(This is on MMA 7.0.1.0 on OS X) I've just found a large matrix m for which NullSpace[m] and ...
7
votes
4answers
236 views

Unexpected behavior from GatherBy in version 7

I have come across what appears to be a bug in GatherBy. It appears similar to the problem of using Table[Random[], {1000}] in ...