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Re: Numerical solution from Module

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The arguments of soln are not the a, b, and c in f.  A couple of solutions:

soln[aval_, bval_, cval_] := Module[{}, xsoln = Solve[f[x] == 0 , x]; x /.
xsoln/.{a->aval,b->bval,c->cval}]

f[x_,a_,b_,c_]:= a*x^2 + b*x + c

soln[a_,b_,c_]:=x/.Solve[f[x,a,b,c]==0,x]

On May 9, 2014, at 2:07 AM, Rob Y. H. Chai <yhchai@ucdavis.edu> wrote:

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> Hello every one,
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> Here is a simple question. Say I define a function
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> In[14]:= f[x_] := a*x^2 + b*x + c
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> Then I use Module to frame the solution of f[x] ==0
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> In[15]:= soln[a_, b_, c_] := Module[{}, xsoln = Solve[f[x] == 0 , x]; x /.
> xsoln]
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> When I enter numerical values for parameters a, b, and c in the module, f[x]
> never sees these numerical values, and returns a symbolic solution.
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> In[11]:= soln[1, -3, 2]
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> Out[11]= {(-b - Sqrt[b^2 - 4 a c])/(2 a), (-b + Sqrt[b^2 - 4 a c])/(2 a)}
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> But I want the module to return a numerical solution as:
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> {{x -> 1}, {x -> 2}}
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> My question is: without bringing f[x] explicitly into the Module function,
> and without redefining f as f[a_,b_,c_][x] := a*x^2+b*x+c, how can I get the
> module to return a numerical solution?
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> Thanks - Rob Chai
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