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### Plot of parametric surface ...

12 hours ago
0 5

Is there an elegant way to plot a surface with three given parameters, such as
x=(5+w\cos v)\cos u, y=(5+w\cos v)\sin u, z=w\sin v

with u,v between 0 and 2Pi and w between 0 and 3?

### Parametric linear system ...

May 27 2016
1 10

Hi,

I am trying to solve a simple system of the form AX=0, where A is a N*N matrix, X is an N*1 vector (and the right-hand side of the equation is an N*1 vector of zeros, I apologize for the inexact notation). The difficulty comes from the fact that the values of A are parameterized by 2*N parameters (that I will write as the 2*N vector P), and I would like to get a solution in the form X=f(P).

One solution is to try to use LinearAlgebra[LinearSolve], but it only returns the trivial solution X=0, which I am not interested in.

Another solution is to compute analytically the Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse Ag of A, as the general solution is of the form

(I - Ag A)f ;

where f is a vector of free parameters. However, even for a small matrix size (N=4), Maple is still computing after 3 hours on my (fairly powerful) machine, and it is taking more and more memory over time. As the results are polynomial/rational equations in the parameters P, I was actually expecting Maple to be more powerful than other softwares, but for this particular problem, Matlab's symbolic toolbox (muPAD) gives quick solutions until N=6. I need, in the end, to solve additional polynomial/rational equations that are derived from the solutions X=f(P), where Matlab fails. This is why I would really like to be able to solve the above-mentioned problem AX=0 with Maple in order to try to solve the subsequent step of the problem (polynomial system) with Maple.

Any suggestions on how to do this would be highly appreciated! Thank you very much for your time and help.

Laureline

### Maximum likelihood estimation...

May 12 2016
1 5

Hi All

Assume that we have a stochastic model with following density function

and our goal is to estimate unknown parameters namely, alpha, beta, landa, mu and sigma by any available method especially maximum likelihood estimation method.
How can we do it with maple software?

Does the "MaximumLikelihoodEstimate" command can help?

or should i define Maximum Likelihood function first and then differentiate it according to unknown parameters?

Ph.D Candidate

Applied Mathematics Department

### Minimum of maximum of parametric polynomial...

March 28 2016
1 19

Let us consider the maximum value of the polynomial

x^4+c*x^2+x^3+d*x-c-1

on the interval x=-1..1 as a function g of the parameters c and d. General considerations suggest its continuity. However, a plot3d of g does not  confirm it.  Also the question arises "Is the function g(c,d) bounded from below?". Here is my try with the DirectSearch and NLPSolve:

 (1)

 (2)

DirectSearch:-GlobalOptima( (a, b) -> g(a, b), variables = [a, b])

### Bug in keyword parameters?...

February 24 2016
1 9

This might be a mis-understanding on my part, so I figured I would ask a question first.  Narrowing down my code to something minimalistic, suppose I have 2 functions, each of which take a 'context' (abbreviated ctx) as a keyword parameter.  Now, suppose that the first one calls the second, like so:

foo := proc({ctx :: list := []}) bar(ctx = ctx) end proc:
bar := proc({ctx :: list := []}) nops(ctx) end proc:

and then a call "foo(ctx = [a,b,c])" returns the (completely unexpected) value 0.  See if you can puzzle out why.  If I change my code to use different names, like

foo1 := proc({ctx :: list := []}) bar1(_ctx = ctx) end proc:
bar1 := proc({_ctx :: list := []}) nops(_ctx) end proc:

Then the call "foo1(ctx = [a,b,c])" returns the expected 3.

I have tried a number of variants, like changing the call to bar('ctx' = ctx) in foo, but that does not work.  The completely un-intuitive :-ctx does work.

Is this documented anywhere?  Is this really the intended design?  Not being to re-use a name for a keyword parameter without going through some contortions seems, a little, shall I say, odd?

### Type check of parameters, take II...

February 23 2016
1 0

The issue Type check of parameters was resolved using the depends modifier. As far as I can tell, this modifier is not allowed for expected or keyword parameters, though. Thus the issue seems to reemerge for these types of parameters. Consider the following test example:

createModule := proc(V::Vector)   local dim := LinearAlgebra:-Dimension(V);   module()      export f,g,h;      f := proc( x::depends('Vector'(dim))              ) x end proc;      g := proc( x::expects('Vector'(dim)) := something ) x end proc;      h := proc({x::        'Vector'(dim)  := something}) x end proc;   end moduleend proc:createModule(Vector(4)):-f(    Vector(4));createModule(Vector(4)):-g(    Vector(4));createModule(Vector(4)):-h(x = Vector(4));

The function f is just a restatement of the already resolved issue, compare the above link, while the functions g and h are for the expected and keyword parameter cases, respectively. The problem remains the same: the variable dim is not evaluated for g and h. What to do? Does there exist a solution equally satisfactory as the one for f?

### Type check of parameters...

February 10 2016
4 21

Consider the following two test procedures for creation of the same module:

createModule1 := proc(dim::posint)    module()        export det;        det := (x::Matrix(1..dim,1..dim)) -> Determinant(x);    end moduleend proc:

and

createModule2 := proc(A::Matrix(square))    local dim;    dim := RowDimension(A);    module()        export det;        det := (x::Matrix(1..dim,1..dim)) -> Determinant(x);    end moduleend proc:

as well as the following code lines calling these:

createModule1(       2 ):-det(IdentityMatrix(2));createModule2(Matrix(2)):-det(IdentityMatrix(2));

The first line executes unproblematically, while for the second line an error results concerning the dimensionality check 1..dim,1..dim of the matrix. Why is dim available/initialized in the first version, while not in the second?

### Plot with three parameters...

January 03 2016
0 2

Hi,

Need help in plotting the function in the attached file. m, h and k are parameters.

Thanks

Bessel_Function.mw

### Fitting vector functions...

December 12 2015
1 6

Dear Maple users

I know how to fit a function with some parameters to some data, but how can it be done if the data is 2-dimensional? I mean: I have some time array T, some X array and some Y array. How do I fit a function with certain parameters to the data: (x(t),y(t)) to fit (X(T), y(T)), ...

Erik

### Set of polynomials with certain property? ...

December 08 2015
0 1

How can I compute F from G according to the following text? (I implemented this but I need a more efficient implementation.)

Given a set G of polynomials which are a subset of k[U, X] and a monomial order with U << X, we want to comput set F from G s.t.

1. F is subset of G and for any two distinct f1, f2 in F , neither lpp (f1) is a multiple of lpp (f2) nor lpp (f2) is a multiple of lpp (f1).

2. for every polynomial g in G, there is some polynomial f in F such that lpp (g) is a multiple of
lpp (f ), i.e. ⟨lpp (F )⟩ = ⟨lpp (G)⟩,

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It is worth nothing that F is not unique.

Example:  Let us consider G = {ax^2 − y, ay^2 − 1, ax − 1, (a + 1)x − y, (a + 1)y − a} ⊂ Q[a, x, y], with the lexicographic order on terms with a < y < x.

Then F = {ax − 1, (a + 1)y − a} and F ′ = {(a + 1)x − y, (a + 1)y − a} are both considered set.

please not that K[U,X] is a parametric polynomial ring (U is e sequence of parameters and X is a sequence of variables).

lpp(f) is leading monomial of f w.r.t. variables X. For example lpp(a*x^2+b*y)= x^2.

### Get a warning when I use dsolve...

November 27 2015
0 21

This is the code hw2_final.mw

This is the warning

Warning, The use of global variables in numerical ODE problems is deprecated, and will be removed in a future release. Use the 'parameters' argument instead (see ?dsolve,numeric,parameters )"

How to solve it?

### Fit routine to find parameters...

November 17 2015
0 5

Hello,

I am pretty new to Maple and Im trying to find the parameters of an equation using some kind of fit routine but I can only find such a routine to fit an expression to data and not vice versa.

my equation is as follows

epsilon(E):= a0 + a1*ln(E) + a2*ln(E)^2 + a3*ln(E)^3

I do have data for E which I imagine I need.

E:= {121, 244, 344, 411, 444, 778, 867, 964, 1085, 1112, 1212, 1299, 1408} all in keV :)

Any suggestions/help would be much appreciated, although I am new to the program so go easy on me :)

Cheers

### What in other environments is called "subroutine"...

August 13 2015
1 5

Another easy question from a newbie:

Say I have a procedure which, along the its execution, needs to pass a parameter to a different procedure (which, in this case, would be a subroutine) to be elaborated and returned to go on.

This process may happen a few times during the execution and the passing parameter, which may have the same name but different value, needs to be worked on by the subrooutine.

My question is: how do I invoke a procedure from a parent procedure passing one or more parameters and have them returned?

Thank you

### Fit based on Excel data...

July 13 2015
1 8

Hello

I am working on a project where I need to find the parameters of the formula:

1/2*a*erfc(1/2*2^(1/2)*(-x+m1)/s1)+(1/2-1/2*a)*erfc(1/2*2^(1/2)*(-x+m2)/s2)

which is the formula for the cumulative distribution for two gaussian peaks, one with average m1 and standard deviation s1, the other m2 and s2, with weights a and (1-a). I have data in excel that form the gaussian distribution but now I need to find the parameters of the formula that fits these data.

Is there a command in maple to find these parameters or how do I start? And do I need to upload the data from excel to maple or do I need to insert only some values?

Some one who could help me, because it is really hard and I find no information for this.

Hasselhof

### Solving ODEs with parametric ICs ...

July 13 2015
1 5

Hi !

I wish to solve a differential equation with an initial condition of the type D(f)(a)=b, where 'a' and 'b' are arbitrary real constants and are entered this way symbolically. Maple interprets D(f)(a) as a function which depends on a new variable 'a' and gives the error:

Error, (in dsolve) found differentiated functions with same name but depending on different arguments in the given DE system: {f(a), f(psi)}

(the differential equation is for a function f(psi) which was defined previously)

How can I pass this initial condition f'(a)=b (a,b being constants, but arbitrary) to the Maple dsolve command?

I have been browsing the web and looking at manuals, but always find D(f)(0)=3 or any other combination with numbers only.