[TIB] Re: solver


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[TIB] Re: solver



Well, some equations have more than one answer, say, if there's trig
functions.  Also, it needs to find the value that's closest to the guess
that is provided.  Although I doubt that your method works except if the
graph would be either strictly increasing or decreasing.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Peaden" <Nitrocloud@earthlink.net>
To: <ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:40 AM
Subject: [TIB] Re: solver


> A quick way would be, check -inf, 0, +inf, then figure where it is out of
> those three and take half of the domain value (isn't perfect infinity,
> otherwise it wouldn't work), and work your way from there, much like the
> algorithm everyone uses for Guess The Number.




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