solve Bassel function matlab

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Carlos_conde
Carlos_conde on 17 May 2017
Answered: Star Strider on 17 May 2017
I am trying to solve a Bessel function depending of a variable "x", for that reason I am using the fsolve command:
%%myfun
function F = myfun(x)
F = [1.5*(1-x)*besselj(0,x)-x*bessely(0,x)*(x.^2-1)];
%%main file
x0 = [0; 0];
[x,fval] = fsolve(@myfun,x0)
I do not understand what I am doing wrong.
Regards

Answers (2)

John D'Errico
John D'Errico on 17 May 2017
myfun is a function of ONE variable, x. There is only ONE unknown, so x should be a scalar.
But if that is true, then why have you provided a VECTOR starting value in x0?

Star Strider
Star Strider on 17 May 2017
You need to (1.) vectorize every multiplication and division in your function, as well as the exponentiation, and (2.) start a a point close to (not at) 0 in order to avoid fsolve throwing a ‘Objective function is returning undefined values at initial point. FSOLVE cannot continue.’ error.
This works:
myfun = @(x) 1.5*(1-x).*besselj(0,x)-x.*bessely(0,x).*(x.^2-1);
x0 = [1; 1]*eps;
[x,fval] = fsolve(myfun,x0);

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