I do not know which of j expressions which could have matched original
expression you were referring to.

Thanks,

-- 
Raul


On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 12:39 PM, Louis de Forcrand <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, typed a little fast.
>
> sqrt33 = %:33.
>
> Why does it not make sense?
>
> Louis
>
>> On 29 Jan 2018, at 18:35, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> What is sqrt33 here? (I would have guessed %:33 but that does not make
>> sense to me.)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Raul
>>
>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Louis de Forcrand <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> I skipped a few steps there. With pencil and paper, I find that (using 
>>> standard notation)
>>>
>>> 2^(x+iy) = (1 +- sqrt(33)) / 2
>>>
>>> Yet 2^(x+iy) = 2^x * 2^iy, and because the whole is real, 2^iy must be real.
>>>
>>> Moreover, when y is such that 2^iy is real (when y is a multiple of 
>>> Pi/log2) then
>>>
>>> 2^iy
>>> = exp(log2 * i*k*Pi/log2)
>>> = exp(i*k*Pi)
>>> = (-1)^k
>>>
>>> We can see that,  because 2^x is positive, one of the roots of the 
>>> polynomial corresponds to even k and the other to odd k.
>>>
>>> Thus (with J’s ^. log)
>>>
>>> x = 2 ^. (sqrt33 + (-1)^k)/2
>>> y = k*Pi/log2
>>>
>>> for any integer k describes the (countable) set of solutions.
>>>
>>> They are indeed arranged in a zigzag pattern on two vertical lines, and the 
>>> one real solution occurs when k = 0.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Louis
>>>
>>>> On 29 Jan 2018, at 08:09, Louis de Forcrand <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Note that if the equation really is (in traditional notation)
>>>>
>>>> 4^x - 2^x - 8 = 0
>>>>
>>>> then it can be rewritten as
>>>>
>>>> y^2 - y - 8 = 0, y = 2^x
>>>>
>>>> and solved in closed form as well,
>>>> yielding a countably infinite set of solutions aligned along one (or two) 
>>>> vertical lines in the complex plane.
>>>> (If I am not mistaken!)
>>>>
>>>> Louis
>>>>
>>>>> On 29 Jan 2018, at 07:19, Rob Hodgkinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> @Skip et al …
>>>>>
>>>>> also apologies for my sill definitions, I should have used y inside the 
>>>>> definitions not x (!!!), sorry if I confused the issue…
>>>>>
>>>>> as in here for the first interpretation …
>>>>>
>>>>> x,"0 (3 : '8+(2^y)-((2^2)^y)') x=:1.6+0.05*i.8
>>>>>
>>>>> …/Rob
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 29 Jan 2018, at 3:49 pm, Jose Mario Quintana 
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In that case,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (X=. (8 + (2 ^ ]) - (2 ^ 2) ^ ])New (^:22) 1)
>>>>>> 1.75372489
>>>>>>
>>>>>> is a root,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (8 + (2 ^ ]) - (2 ^ 2) ^ ])X
>>>>>> 0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but, it is not the only one,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (X=. (8 + (2 ^ ]) - (2 ^ 2) ^ ])New (^:22) 0.5j_0.5)
>>>>>> 1.24627511j4.53236014
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (8 + (2 ^ ]) - (2 ^ 2) ^ ])X
>>>>>> 8.8817842e_16j7.72083702e_15
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 9:27 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hmm...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I had originally thought about calling out the (2^2)^x interpretation
>>>>>>> as a possibility, because rejected that, because that would be better
>>>>>>> expressed as 4^x
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But it's possible that Skip got the 1.75379 number from someone who
>>>>>>> thought different about this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And, to be honest, it is an ambiguity in the original expression -
>>>>>>> just one that I thought should be rejected outright, rather than
>>>>>>> suggested.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which gets us into another issue, which is that what one person would
>>>>>>> think is obviously right is almost always what some other person would
>>>>>>> think is obviously wrong... (and this issue crops up all over, not
>>>>>>> just in mathematic and/or programming contexts).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Raul
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 9:08 PM, Rob Hodgkinson <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> @Skip
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Skip, I am a confused in your original post… your actual post read;
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ================================================
>>>>>>>> What is the best iterative way to solve this equation:
>>>>>>>> (-2^2^x) + (2^x) +8 =0
>>>>>>>> then later to Raul,
>>>>>>>> 0 = 8 + (2^x) - 2^2^x    NB. Is correct, and the answer is real
>>>>>>>> The answer is close to 1.75379
>>>>>>>> ================================================
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> However I suspect your original syntax was not J syntax (could it have
>>>>>>> been math type syntax ?) as it differs on the J style right-to-left 
>>>>>>> syntax
>>>>>>> on the 2^2^x expression.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The 2 possible interpretations are shown below and only the Excel type
>>>>>>> syntax seems to get close to your expected answer.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> NB. Excel interpretation
>>>>>>>> x,"0 (3 : '8+(2^x)-((2^2)^x)') x=:1.6+0.05*i.8
>>>>>>>> 1.6        1.84185
>>>>>>>> 1.65       1.28918
>>>>>>>> 1.7        0.692946
>>>>>>>> 1.75       0.0498772                NB. intercept seems close to your
>>>>>>> expected value of 1.75379
>>>>>>>> 1.8    _0.64353
>>>>>>>> 1.85  _1.39104
>>>>>>>> 1.9    _2.19668
>>>>>>>> 1.95  _3.06478
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> NB. J style interpretation
>>>>>>>> x,"0 (3 : '8+(2^x)-(2^2^x)') x=:1.6+0.05*i.8
>>>>>>>> 1.6      2.85522
>>>>>>>> 1.65    2.33325
>>>>>>>> 1.7      1.74188
>>>>>>>> 1.75    1.07063
>>>>>>>> 1.8      0.307207                 NB. But in this model the intercept 
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> above 1.8, but this is the model that has been coded in responses to 
>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>> post ??
>>>>>>>> 1.85  _0.562844
>>>>>>>> 1.9    _1.5566
>>>>>>>> 1.95  _2.69431
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please clarify, thanks, Rob
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 29 Jan 2018, at 12:48 pm, Jose Mario Quintana <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Moreover, apparently there is at least another solution,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ((-2^2^X) + (2^X) +8 ) [  X=. 2.9992934709539156j_13.597080425481581
>>>>>>>>> 5.19549681e_16j_2.92973749e_15
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 7:28 PM, Jose Mario Quintana <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Are you sure?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> u New
>>>>>>>>>> - (u %. u D.1)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ,. (8 + (2 ^ ]) - 2 ^ 2 ^ ])New (^:(<22)) 1
>>>>>>>>>>     1
>>>>>>>>>> 3.44167448
>>>>>>>>>> 3.25190632
>>>>>>>>>> 3.03819348
>>>>>>>>>> 2.7974808
>>>>>>>>>> 2.53114635
>>>>>>>>>> 2.25407823
>>>>>>>>>> 2.00897742
>>>>>>>>>> 1.86069674
>>>>>>>>>> 1.82070294
>>>>>>>>>> 1.81842281
>>>>>>>>>> 1.81841595
>>>>>>>>>> 1.81841595
>>>>>>>>>> 1.81841595
>>>>>>>>>> 1.81841595
>>>>>>>>>> 1.81841595
>>>>>>>>>> 1.81841595
>>>>>>>>>> 1.81841595
>>>>>>>>>> 1.81841595
>>>>>>>>>> 1.81841595
>>>>>>>>>> 1.81841595
>>>>>>>>>> 1.81841595
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> (8 + (2 ^ ]) - 2 ^ 2 ^ ]) 1.81841595
>>>>>>>>>> _8.21739086e_8
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> (8 + (2 ^ ]) - 2 ^ 2 ^ ]) 1.75379
>>>>>>>>>> 1.01615682
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> PS.  Notice that New is a tacit version (not shown) of Louis' VN
>>>>>>> adverb.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 5:52 PM, Skip Cave <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Raul,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> You had it right in the first place.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 0 = 8 + (2^x) - 2^2^x    NB. Is correct, and the answer is real
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The answer is close to 1.75379
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I wanted to know how to construct the Newton Raphson method using 
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> iteration verb N described in the link: http://code.jsoftware.
>>>>>>>>>>> com/wiki/NYCJUG/2010-11-09
>>>>>>>>>>> under "A Sampling of Solvers - Newton's Method"
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> N=: 1 : '- u % u d. 1'
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Skip
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Skip Cave
>>>>>>>>>>> Cave Consulting LLC
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 4:38 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Eh... I *think* you meant what would be expressed in J as:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 0 = 8 + (2^x) - 2^2^x
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'd probably try maybe a few hundred rounds of newton's method 
>>>>>>>>>>>> first,
>>>>>>>>>>>> and see where that leads.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> But there's an ambiguity where the original expression (depending 
>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>> the frame of reference of the poster) could have been intended to 
>>>>>>>>>>>> be:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 0 = 8 + (2^x) + _2^2^x
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> [if that is solvable, x might have to be complex]
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Raul
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Skip Cave 
>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> What is the best iterative way to solve this equation:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (-2^2^x) + (2^x) +8 =0
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Skip Cave
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cave Consulting LLC
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