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Re: How can I solve a equation like solve a function containint expressions like sqrt(log(x) - 1) = 2 and exp((log(x) - 1.5)**2 - 3) = 5

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On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:24:33 +0800, Xiong Deng <dbigbear@gmail.com>
declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:

> >>>solve(x * ((1.0 / sqrt(2 * pi) * x * sigma) * exp(-0.5 * (log(x) - mu)**2
> / sigma**2)) + 0.5 * erfc((mu - log(x)) / (sigma * sqrt(2))) - 1, x)
> 
	<snip>
>     raise TypeError("cannot create mpf from " + repr(x))
> TypeError: cannot create mpf from x
> 
> But sqrt, log, exp, itself is OK, as shown as below:
> 
> >>> solve((1.0 / sqrt(2 * pi) * x * sigma) - 1, x)
> [0.626657068657750]
> 
> SO, How can I solve an equation containint expressions like sqrt(log(x) -
> 1)=0 or exp((log(x) - mu)**2 - 3) = 0??? If there are any other methods
> without Sympy, it is still OK.
> 
	Trying a WAG... Perhaps you need to defer execution of said
functions within the equation... Maybe with lambda?

	(lambda x=x: log(x))(x)

???

	I don't have sympy installed, and the online example of .solve()
doesn't show any examples with nested functions (that is, where 'x' is
an argument to a function that is itself an argument to a function in
the equation).

	Or perhaps you need to define log() as a symbolic function itself,
and include it in the list of variables?

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Re: How can I solve a equation like solve a function containint expressions like sqrt(log(x) - 1) = 2 and exp((log(x) - 1.5)**2 - 3) = 5 Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2011-08-27 13:53 -0700

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