Ah, yes, that is helpful. In general I'm looking for an automated solution for problems like this. I'd like to solve this problem without being smart :)
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Tom Bachmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Multiplying through by lambda and taking terms independent of i from the > sum, I seem to get 4 \sum x_i = n(lambda^2 - 6\lambda). This is just a > quadratic equation for lambda. > > Am I missing something? > > Best, > Tom > > > On 21.02.2013 18:31, Matthew Rocklin wrote: > >> I need to solve the following problem for lambda. >> >> n >> ____ >> ╲ >> ╲ 2 >> ╲ - λ + 6⋅λ + 4⋅xᵢ >> ╱ ───────────────── = 0 >> ╱ 4⋅λ >> ╱ >> ‾‾‾‾ >> i = 1 >> >> This is the end of a simplification around a data-oriented problem. In >> the future I will be given a set of many `x_i`s as data and will be >> asked to solve for lambda. I'm trying to make this future computation >> as simple as possible. >> >> Can SymPy help me to reduce this problem any further? (it has already, >> by the way, done wonders.) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "sympy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to >> sympy+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<sympy%[email protected]> >> . >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/**group/sympy?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en> >> . >> For more options, visit >> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >> . >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > sympy+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<sympy%[email protected]> > . > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/**group/sympy?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
