Indeed I should’ve mentioned it; I was referring to my earlier message:

0 = (4^z) - (2^z) - 8
= _8 _1 1 p. 2^z

so 2^(x+iy) = z = (1 +- (%:33))/2.

The rest should be clearer now.

Thanks,
Louis

> On 29 Jan 2018, at 18:43, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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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