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The following program calculates the roots of two nonlinear functions using Newton's algorithm. The functions are:
F(x, y) = 0 and G(x, y) = 0
The basic algorithm for refining the guesses for the roots is:
x' = x - (F gy - G fy) / (fx gy - fy gx)
y' = y - (G fx - F gx) /(fx gy - fy gx)
where F and G are the functions F(x, y) and G(x, y) respectively. The symbols fx, fy, gx, and gy are the derivatives of the functions F(x, y) and G(x, y) with respect to x and y (that is fx = dF(x,y)/dx, fy = dF(x,y)/dy, and so on). The program approximate the function derivatives using the following approximations:
fx = (F(x + hx, y) - F(x,y)) / hx
fy = (F(x, y + hy) - F(x,y)) / hy
gx = (G(x + hx, y) - G(x,y)) / hx
gy = (G(x, y + hy) - G(x,y)) / hy
where hx = 0.01 * (1 + |x|) and hy = 0.01 * (1 + |y|).
The program prompts you to enter:
The program displays the following results:
If the number of iterations exceeds the maximum limit, the program displays the text SOLUTION FAILED before displaying the above results.
Here is a sample session to find the roots of:
F(x,y) = x^2 + y^2 -1 and G(x,y) = x^2 - y^2 - 0.5
The initial guesses for the roots x and y are 0 and 0, respectively. The tolerances for the roots x and y are 1E-7 and 1E-7, respectively. The maximum number of iterations is 55.
| PROMPT/DISPLAY | ENTER/PRESS |
|---|---|
| > | [RUN] |
| GUESS X? | 0[END LINE] |
| TOLER X? | 1E-7[END LINE] |
| GUESS Y? | 0[END LINE] |
| TOLER Y? | 1E-7[END LINE] |
| MAX ITERS? | 55[END LINE] |
| WAIT... | |
| (Audio beep) | |
| ROOT X= 0.50000 | [CONT] |
| ROOT Y= 0.8660254 | [CONT] |
| ITERS= 13 |
The roots found are x = 0.5 and y = 0.8660254.
Here is the BASIC listing:
10 DEF FNF(X,Y) = X^2 + Y^2 - 1 20 DEF FNG(X,Y) = X^2 - Y^2 + 0.5 30 INPUT "GUESS X? ";X 40 INPUT "TOLER X? ";T1 50 INPUT "GUESS Y? ";Y 60 INPUT "TOLER Y? ";T2 70 INPUT "MAX ITERS? ";M 80 I = 0 @ DISP "WAIT..." 90 'TOP': I = I + 1 100 IF I > M THEN GOTO 'SKIP' 110 H1 = 0.01 * (1 + ABS(X)) 120 H2 = 0.01 * (1 + ABS(Y)) 130 F = FNF(X, Y) 140 G = FNG(X, Y) 150 F1 = (FNF(X+H1,Y) - F) / H1 160 F2 = (FNF(X, Y + H2) - F) / H2 170 G1 = (FNG(X+H1,Y) - G) / H1 180 G2 = (FNG(X, Y + H2) - G) / H2 190 J = F1 * G2 - F2 * G1 200 D1 = (F * G2 - G * F2) / J 210 D2 = (G * F1 - F * G1) / J 220 X = X - D1 230 Y = Y - D2 240 IF ABS(D1) > T1 OR ABS(D2) > T2 THEN GOTO 'TOP' 250 'SKIP': BEEP 260 If I > M THEN DISP "SOLUTION FAILED" @ PAUSE 270 DISP "ROOT X=";X @ PAUSE 280 DISP "ROOT Y=";Y @ PAUSE 290 DISP "ITERS=";I 300 END
The program uses the variables shown in the following table:
| Variable Name | Contents |
|---|---|
| X | Guess for root X |
| Y | Guess for root Y |
| T1 | Tolerance for root X |
| T1 | Tolerance for root Y |
| M | Maximum number of iterations |
| I | Iteration counter |
| H1 | Increment hx |
| H2 | Increment hy |
| F | F(X, Y) |
| G | G(X,Y) |
| F1 | Derivative of F(X, Y) with respect to X |
| F2 | Derivative of F(X, Y) with respect to Y |
| G1 | Derivative of G(X, Y) with respect to X |
| G1 | Derivative of G(X, Y) with respect to X |
| J | Jacobean matrix |
| D1 | Root X refinement |
| D2 | Root Y refinement |
You can customize the above listing by changing the definition of function FNF and FNG in lines 10 and 20.
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