Questions tagged [approximation]
Questions on approximating functions (e.g. PadeApproximant), approximating integrals, working with approximate values (e.g. RootApproximant) etc.
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Is there a function to solve a complicated event probability problem? [on hold]
I need to find the probability of this beast: P[(ABEF)+(CDEH)+(ABEI)+(CDEI)+(ABEJ)+(CDEJ)]. A,B,C, etc. represent events with probabilities close to 0.5 so I don't think rare event approximation can ...
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Approximate the solutions as a series
I would like to solve the following equation $y^2=x^2+ax^2y^2+by^2x^3+cy^3x^2$ where $a,b,c$ are small, so $y\approx x+O(x^3)$. I would like to have a series approximation of the solution rather than ...
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Interpolation error of InterpolatingPolynomial[]
this is my first post so if I have any error while writing this, I'm sorry.
I had to do a polynomic interpolation for one of my lab experiments, and I need to get the error from it in order to ...
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Smoothing the surface created from a set of points
I have a question about "smoothing" the surface created on the basis of a set of points. I would like to get an effect similar to that from the Documentation Center.
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The ...
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Product of large number with a very small number returns zero because Mathematica sets the very small number equal to zero [closed]
I have a product Exp[-I*Pi*x]*BesselK[-1, 2.43*Ix]. Now, Exp[-I*Pi*x] grows larger and larger as $x$ increases for imaginary ...
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Approximate the relationship between 6 nonlinear functions involving elliptic integrals
I am trying to solve a physics-related problem, which results in approximating a relationship between 6 symbolic functions $F_1(\alpha,\beta ,x_0,y_0),F_2(\alpha,\beta ,x_0,y_0),...,F_6(\alpha,\beta ,...
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How to approximate all values in the formula？
Given
E^(t (4.285 - 0.5 Sqrt[1.9994 - 4. wn]))
How do I simplify the formula to E^(t (4.2 - 0.5 Sqrt[1.9 - 4. wn]))?
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Why exactly is PadeApproximant taking so long here?
*All supporting code is at the bottom of this post, and is understood to precede all other code written here.
I have a function $R(E;\{x\})$, where $E$ is the parameter which I am interested in ...
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Numerical solution of KdV equation
I am dealing with the following Cauchy problem for the KdV equation:
w'''[t] + 6 w[t] w'[t] - w'[t] = HeavisideTheta[t]
w[0] = w'[0] = w''[0] = 0
My problem is ...
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Reciprocal function of a polynomial : Why mathematica doesn't find a solution on my given interval?
I am trying to find a reciprocal function to the binary shannon entropy $H_2(p)$ (chosing the branch were $p>1/2$).
I used a method based on solving the differential equation that the reciprocal ...
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FindRoot fails 100 iteration precision
I am attempting to find roots of a complex equation that involves exponential functions and small approximation values. I have had success using FindRoot for values ...
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Why this weird return value from `N`?
Bug introduced in 11.3.
Why does N just return the exact number below? I want a 2000 digit approximation...
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Obtaining expressions for SDE aprroximation(s)
Appreciate any insight into whether the following is possible and how it might be 'best/properly' done.
MMA models quite general Ito Processes, via ItoProcess.
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How to boost the performance of a function that approximates a 3D object
I have defined a function $f_{a}(\boldsymbol{r})$ that gives a finite discrete approximation of a continuous function $f(\boldsymbol{r})$ that represents a 3D object. Here, the object is a sphere of ...
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François Viète's approximation to π
How do I program the approximation to π devised by François Viète, which is given by
2 * 2/Sqrt[2] * 2/Sqrt[2 + Sqrt[2]] * 2/Sqrt[2 + Sqrt[2 + Sqrt[2]]] * ...
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Making a table of solutions from NSolve or Solve
How can I generate a table of solutions to an equation such as this:
Solve[{a^m+b==c,b-m==a+Sqrt[n]},{a,b}]
for some given values for $n$ and $m$.
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How to force Mathematica to plot the log function correctly for the given argument?
Consider functions
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How can I calculate BezierFunction points by hand? [closed]
For example, I know that the control points are {0, 0}, {1, 0} and {2, 3} and I need to ...
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Error minimization of an approximation scheme
I am trying to check an approximation scheme described in here. So I use NDSolve for both the original equation and Green's function equation.
Here is the code I use.
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Encountered non-numerical value for a derivative at t = 0
I am trying to compare an approximation formula for a particular nonlinear ODE with different right hand sides. The code I use is:
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How do I stop mathematica from producing weird numerical errors?
I have here a piece of mathematica code:
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Approximation with radial basis functions
I want to approximate some functions with basisfunctions, which can be easy Fourier-transformed. So I got the idea to approximate my function with Gaussian normal-distribution curves. This led me to ...
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Understanding O[]-term logic [closed]
I tried to solve a linear algebraic system with a first order approximation for small parameter "d<<1". Here is a system of linear equations.
I found a true solution for it described below
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How do I find the volume of this box?
I have data points that define the ground and a cubic piece of Styrofoam. the piece of Styrofoam has a cubic hole cut into it. I need to approximate the volume of the hole.
I specifically want to do ...
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Plot on a range by using restricted number of points [closed]
Suppose some function. I need to plot it on the given range, but using the finite number of points. After that I need to approximate obtained discrete plot by the curve. Is it possible to do this?
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The particular approximation of a function
Suppose the function
f[x_,y_] := P[x/y]*Sqrt[1-x^2/y^2] + F[x/y]*Log[(1-Sqrt[1-x^2/y^2])/(1+Sqrt[1-x^2/y^2])]
Here $P[x,y], F[x,y]$ are polynomial of some ...
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Finding a polynomial representation for a sum function
I'm trying to find a polynomial representation for this horrendous function:
$$f(x)=\frac{\frac{1}{2}-\frac{4}{1+10,000x}\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^n}{\big[\big(n+\frac{1}{2}\big)\pi\big]^4}\tanh\...
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How to approximate only number but not the numeric indices in an equation? [duplicate]
I need to solve a system of equations. It would be too long to solve it exactly, so I need to approximate by numbers the coefficients.
The problem is the following :
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Finding Asymptotics for a Series
How can I find a simple expression that's asymptotic to $\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}2^i/i$?
That is,
Sum[2^i/i,{i,1,n-1}].
According to https://reference.wolfram.com/...
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Series sum approximation
Since there is no closed formula, as far as I know, to find the sum of
$$
\sum _{n=2}^{\infty } \frac{(-1)^n}{\sqrt{\log (n)}}
$$
I used //N to find an ...
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Quick, dirty, imprecise way to find the root of a definite integral?
I'm trying to find a value x that satisfies an equation of the form
$y=\int_0^xf(x')dx'$.
As far as I can tell, there's no closed-form solution for $y$, or $dy/dx$, so when I plug this into Solve, ...
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Finding 25 points nearest to an approximation line
I have to find 25 points that lie nearest to a linear approximation of my data.
This is my source code:
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Extract from sum only terms with exponents satisfying a specific condition
Consider an equation
eq = x1^n x2^m s^a+ c+ x1^g s^r x2^l+..so on
n, m, a, g, r and l are known real numbers and equation contain lots of these terms. I want to ...
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approximations and limits
My question is related to this one:
Approximating for $a \gg b$
I have a rather complex symbolic expression of interest. The expression is comprised of about ten different symbolic quantities. I wish ...
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Series expansion in terms of functions and derivatives
I have an expression involving two functions and their derivatives to some powers. I want to obtain a linear expression in functions and their derivatives. How can I do that in Mathematica?
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How can I adaptively simplify a curved shape?
For the purposes of creating a publication-quality plot marker I wish to convert a font glyph into a simplified Polygon where points are taken adaptively according ...
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Continued fraction approximation for $\pi$
How to code this formula in Mathematica to approximate $\pi$? Thanks for your help!
$$\frac4{\pi}=1+\cfrac{1^2}{2+\cfrac{3^2}{2+\cfrac{5^2}{2+\cfrac{7^2}{2+\cdots}}}}$$
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How to Approximate at Non-differentiable Point (forced Series Expansion around Branch Cut)
I need a numerical approximation around some functions at $x = 0^{-}$ from the left side, where $x = 0$ is unfortunately the right end of the domain (in the reals) so the functions are not ...
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Approach a function given some points and its maximum
For example, I know that a function goes through the points (2.01, 96), (4, 160), (8.1, 257) and (13.1, 321), and that its maximum is 397.
Is it possible to approach the function with this data?
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Integral approximation using a matrix operator
In the paper "Chebyshev solution of differential, integral and integro-differential equations" (it is freely accessible and can be downloaded from the link), El-gendi uses a method to approximate the ...
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How to include zeros at the end of an approximation [closed]
I want to make a table for my calculus 1 class learning limits. I am calculating $\lim_{x\to 0} \frac{sin(x)}{x}$. I am using the approximation given by N. The problem is with the expression up to 15 (...
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Finding out the closest approximation of a decimal number by a ratio of two integers
Given a decimal number, which is positive but can be less than or greater than one, how to find out its best approximation by a ratio of two integers in a given range? For example, given a number <...
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Can I get Mathematica to recognize common series expansions of trigonometric functions?
I have some complicated functions from numerical procedures that go to simple trig functions in the limit of small time-steps. For example, I can calculate that one of these functions goes to:
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How to approximate this bell-shaped integral function using Mathematica?
Consider the following function :
$$\tag{1}
f(v) = v^{\frac{d}{2}} \int_v^{\infty} u^{a \,-\, \smash{\frac{d}{2}} \,-\, 1} \; e^{-\, a \, u} \; du,
$$
where $a$ and $d$ are two positive constants (...
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Using N more than once in a computation [closed]
So I'm trying to enter a function that computes Pi to the nth place divided by Pi to the mth place, so to do that I started with actual numerical values.
I tried
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