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 Homotopy Continuation Method to Solve a System of Nonlinear Algebraic Equations
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Department: | Chemical Engineering |
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 2007-04-17
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 FindRoot fails to give a correct solution to a system of nonlinear algebraic equations unless a good initial guess is chosen. Difficulty in finding a suitable initial guess is avoided by using homotopy continuation methods such as the fixed point and the Newton homotopy methods.
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 Newton homotopy method, fixed point homotopy method, homotopy continuation method, system of nonlinear algebraic equations
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| Homotopy.nb (53.5 KB) - Mathematica Notebook [for Mathematica 5.2] |
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