X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,6812b58dfe61342e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-04 11:50:41 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!65.139.hh1.ip.foni.NET!not-for-mail From: Philip Newton Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: How can I solve this @#%#@%^#@$&^%*$%#@@#! Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 20:54:12 +0100 Organization: very little Lines: 20 Message-ID: <619q0uggqqa6sqth29eqbqihkp66nbbekd@4ax.com> References: <3bf81b34$0$9953$626a54ce@news.free.fr> <9ud9ig$iqt$01$1@news.t-online.com> <9ugudk$6qr$02$1@news.t-online.com> Reply-To: "Philip 'Yes, that's my address' Newton" NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.139.hh1.ip.foni.net (212.7.139.65) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1007495439 9334827 212.7.139.65 (16 [11583]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:12165 On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 22:27:26 +0100, "Johannes 'Joey' R�ssel" wrote: > > And for best results, your initial value (1, in this case) should be > > close to one of the solutions. > > That doesn't matter. The initial value can be of any nuber; there's always > the same solution. I've tried it. I suppose it depends on the shape of the curve, but I would have expected a starting value close to one solution to converge to that solution, and a starting value close to another solution to converge to that solution. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.