R solve equation
As suggested by somebody else, uniroot() can be used to solve equations in one unknown variable. However, you will never get the "exact x" in R, only an approximate root... Best, Giovanni
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:20:10 -0800 (PST) From: oryie <43248523 at qq.com> Sender: r-help-bounces at r-project.org Precedence: list Hello! I want to use R to calculate the variable x which is in some eqation, give an example: 3*x-log(x)+1=0, how to solve equation to get the exact x in R? Thank you very much! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/R-solve-equation-tp21886831p21886831.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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