by nathan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Nathan Mates)
Oct 27, 2006 at 11:36 PM
In article <1161985973.385578.149660@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
m0rdred <idlerstyle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Ok to start off, I know there may be other ways to attack this problem,
>but I want the analytical way first, regardless of complexity and
>flexibility issues that may arise.
I know it's not analytical, but Newton's Method should do a pretty
good job of converging on a solution. See things like
http://www.mathwright.com/librarya/newtmt3/newtmt35.htm
or
http://www.particle.kth.se/~lindsey/JavaCourse/Book/Part1/Physics/Chapter03/newtonDemo.html
Nathan Mates
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