Questions tagged [iterators]
Questions on using and specifying iterators used in Mathematica functions.
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Dot products and For-loops
I'm taking a class where we're working with matrix applications inside of Mathematica. In this case, we're analyzing senatorial votes that have been numericized so that a value of 1 corresponds to "...
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How can I iterate across a list of triples?
i just started to use Mathematica and I`m completely new to programming. So i'm some kind of noob in the purest form..
I'm trying to transform a coordinate system into a different one. I'm using <...
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Creating matrices using a Do-loop
Here is an image of current assignment; I am not able to do step 6 to 8
When I try to do the Do-loop, it states that the {i, j} does not have appropriate bounds.
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ListCountourPlot does not show any result [closed]
I was trying to show the heat conduction of Laplace equation problem.But the plot does not show properly
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Defining iterative algorithms [closed]
Assume the iterative algorithm of interest to be as follows:
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Multivariate Newton-Raphson method and FindRoot module [closed]
Let's suppose that we have the following equation
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Golden section search method that terminate after $n$ iterations
I am attempting to code a program that executes the golden section search method and I would like to terminate the computations after $n$ iterations, where the user decides what $n$ is. My code works ...
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How to programmatically specify multiple iterators?
How to use Row[Table[{B[i],0,i},{i,0,2}],","] directly in Do command? I mean that the following command
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Encountering 'Error: Set::setraw: Cannot assign to raw object' during procedural function definition
Sorry for the rather vague title, but I don't know what is wrong with my code.
Here is a Ruby version of what I'm trying to do:
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How to change the dimension of a tensor inside a loop using XAct/XTensor?
I'd like to define a function CDOrder[k] to compute the k-th order covariant derivative of a vector ...
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Operation on sublists with multiple arguments
I have a list and add only the values which are > 0 with:
Total[Cases[mylist, x_ /; x > 0]]
How to do this if I now have a list of sublists?
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use Range to form a vector
I have a function
y[k_]:={0,0,0,I*t^k};
and I need to get a vector
Join[y[1],y[2],y[3],y[4],y[5],y[6],y[7]]
and it is just ...
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Applying loop functions with input list of iterators
Given an iterator, I am trying to generate a table of all possible pairs of values. The form of the iterator I'd like fixed, because I want to run other loops with it as well. The closest to what I ...
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Iterating a Module
I have a Module that can act on other Modules, which is given as
Kk[EE,p,z1,z2,z3,K_func]
and I am trying to iterate it, such that
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What is wrong with the Mann iteration?
I have written the Mann iteration's code for the mapping $\frac{z}{1+z^2}$, in Mathematica, but it is very slow. In fact it needs more than 200 seconds for obtaining 17th iteration, while Matlab does ...
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integral equation iteration
So I am trying to recreate the numerical treatment in this papir (https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.29.130), equation 3.7. The main point is to try to solve the following equation
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How to implement recurrence operations efficiently?
This question is related to this one. I basically want to partition a volume recursively.
Consider a volume as
vol = ExampleData[{"TestImage3D", "MRbrain"}];
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Using Iterators within the WebSearch Command
I am currently trying to use the WebSearch command within Mathematica to search names from a Dataset that I have already imported. The names that I am trying to search are located in the 4th column of ...
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Variables defined modulo $\pi$ and avoiding singularities; phase plotting for a map
I have the following $2$-dimensional implicitly defined map
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How to plot a phase portrait of a map for many initial points?
Suppose I have a 2-dimensional map $x_{n+1} = f(x_{n},y_{n}), \quad y_{n+1} = g(x_{n},y_{n})$, and a number of initial points $(x_{0}, y_{0})$ in some given range. I take each initial point and ...
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Add function arguments in iteration
I have a list which has the number of n.
list={x1,x2,x3,x4,x5,...xn}
when I use these elements as arguments of a function f[x],
I want to express function with ...
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Comparing elements in a list of lists
I'm stuck with yet another list question.
The basic gist:
I have lists within a list like so:
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How to run this statement multiple times and put them in a matrix?
I have the following Mathematica Code.
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Replacing For loop with multiple iterator with Table
I have written code for calculating cristofell symbol using for loop with 3 iterators for each coordinate
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How to make a continuous graph in 3D under an iterative process?
I'm solving a problem in which I have to plot a series of image points $P'$ from a set of points $P$ that lies 5 cm away from a sphere with radius 2 cm, in such a way that all $P'$ lies inside the ...
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Plotting orbit of a discontinuous map
I'm trying to plot the orbit of a two dymensional discontinuous map. Could you help me please? I tried using Piecewise, but I didn't get the result I wanted. The ...
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Creating a list using previous elements
I am new to stack exchange though I have used it to help me through some struggles before. This question I cannot find an answer to.
I'm looking to create a set of polynomials where the 'i'th ...
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Access list position from iterator?
Consider a list, e.g.:
list = {a,b,c,d};
One can compose a Table by directly iterating through the list:
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multiple reflections of a laser beam in a triangle
I want to make a animation that multiple reflections of a laser beam in a triangle looked like,
I have tried following, but it's not a good way, I'm looking for a better way(Nested solution).
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Slow evaluation of large matrix
I have been trying to evaluate the matrix ce[n] in the code below but it is taking too long and still running as you increase n (...
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Problem generating a cobweb diagram/ visual iteration of a cubic map
With reference to "Non-linear Physics with Mathematica for Scientist and Engineers", I extrapolate the codes for a visualisation of an iterative cubic map but ran into problems.
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Iterating a function
I have a piecewise map of the form
$M\left ( x \right )=\left\{\begin{matrix}
2x & x<0.5 \\
2-2x& x>0.5
\end{matrix}\right.$
The domain is the closed interval from 0 to 1.
I would ...
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NestWhile expression adds an extraneous [0] to the expected result
I am trying to iterate a function over 1000 time units using the NestWhile function and Table functions in Mathematica. I have defined all my variables and my function as follows:
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How to implement an iterative Lucy algorithm in Mathematica?
I am trying to implement the Lucy algorithm that the authors of this paper use to get a distribution of diffusion coefficients from the distribution of displacements. The equation looks like this.
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Can you determine values in a set of integers from a known set sum and set product
Question:
There is a set of numbers defined as {A, B, C, D, E}
The sum of the set is 49 (A+B+C+D+E = 49)
The product of the set is 13000 (ABCDE = 13000)
Can you determine the values of A, B, ...
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Writing an iteration using two functions [closed]
I have been given two functions with an initial condition. One function becomes the variable of the other. I need to run the program for 10 iterations.
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Modeling the spread of an infection in networked computers
I would like to show the iterative stages of infection for problem 2 in this link.
In case the link dies, I have copied the text for the problem below:
One hundred computers are connected in a ...
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Collect function with iterator issue
I've got the following code for the first few terms of an expansion. I want to collect the terms in increasing powers of (s/r) but using an iterator. The code is as ...
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Replacement rule within a iteration with a new replacement needed at each step
I am trying to do a For iteration where at each step, the code solve an equation and use the result for the next step. Nevertheless, I am struggling with the replacement rules that I need to use.
I ...
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Help with Function of Do or Nested For Loop [closed]
I'm trying to define a function that calculates a variable 'prob'. Here's the function in Octave:
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Floor function not behaving the way I expect inside a For loop
When I execute the following code
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Iteration problem using NestList or Do
I am trying to model a tank with discontinuous flow into the tank and discontinuous flow out of the tank. I do it numerically.
You can imagine a tank to which I feed blue balls at timepoint t0, red ...
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How to iterate over an “Input” function?
I wasn't sure what to name this title, I will explain this code just incase some people actually aren't running it on Mathematica..This code will ask you "what is #1 * #2", where #1 and #2 are random ...
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RecurrenceTable iteration variable not localized? Bug or user error?
I recently lost a lot of time on this and need to understand whether I have misunderstood MMA operations or there's a problem. I am using MMA 10.1 on Windows 7 64-bit.
The essence of the issue is ...
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Sophisticated use of Nest: Using the current iteration number and referring to outer lists
I want to write an iterative algorithm on the base of Nest (avoiding usage of cycles) to create an expression of the type
$$
x^{a_1x^{a_2x^{\ldots}}}
$$
where the numbers $a_1, a_2, \ldots $ are given ...
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How to apply a function of multiple variable to multiple lists [duplicate]
Im new to mathematica ( from a python background) so apologies if this is easy.
I have four lists of equal length from a data set. I would like to iterate through each of the lists and apply a ...
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Unexpected behaviour from Table[]
The following code in Mathematica 11:
iList = {i, -10, 10, 2};
Table[i, iList]
produces this result:
{i, i, i, i}
Where in ...
