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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