saving real roots in a vector; "solve" gives me weird results
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Luigi Pisano
on 25 Nov 2018
Commented: Luigi Pisano
on 26 Nov 2018
Hi - I want to save in a vector the coordinates of the points in which one function reaches a certain level.
For reference, let's consider the following function and graph:
clear all; close all; clc;
GAMMA =1.1;
AHIGH=1;
ALOW=0.4;
CC= 0.0283;
LEVEL = 26.5155;
PRAM = 70.7090;
% PLOT GRAPH
f = @(x,y) ALOW*x*GAMMA*PRAM/sqrt(x^2 +1)-ALOW*(x-CC)/AHIGH-CC-y;
fimplicit(f,[-2 100 -50 50])
hold on
xplot1 = -2:0.01:100;
lineplot33= LEVEL*ones(1, length(xplot1));
plot(xplot1, lineplot33)
hold off
One can see from the graph that the function f reaches the level LEVEL = 26.5155 in two points; by eye-balling them, their coordinates on the X axis should be around 3 and 13, respectively.
I want to save those 2 values in a vector. I'm trying to do that using "solve" but I get weird results. (I'm not very proficient with the Symbolic toolbox I'm afraid).
What's a better way to do that? Here's my current (wrong) code:
% I WANT TO SAVE THE "ROOTS" IN A VECTOR
syms x real
eqn2=LEVEL==ALOW*x*GAMMA*PRAM/sqrt(x^2 +1)-ALOW*(x-CC)/AHIGH-CC;
[SOLVE21, prams, cnds]= solve(eqn2,x,'ReturnConditions',true)
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Are Mjaavatten
on 26 Nov 2018
The code below will solve your problem as stated. In the general case with other parameters it may not be robust. You may need to specify other starting points (or intervals) for fzero. And, of course, a solution may not always exist.
Note the dots before operators / and ^ operators in the expression for g. Those make it able to handle vector x values.
GAMMA =1.1;
AHIGH=1;
ALOW=0.4;
CC= 0.0283;
LEVEL = 26.5155;
PRAM = 70.7090;
g = @(x) ALOW*x*GAMMA*PRAM./sqrt(x.^2 +1)-ALOW*(x-CC)/AHIGH-CC-LEVEL;
xsol = zeros(2,1);
xsol(1) = fzero(g,-2);
xsol(2) = fzero(g,100);
xplot = linspace(-2,100);
plot(xplot,g(xplot),xsol,g(xsol),'*r')
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