> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Diviya Smith > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 1:50 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Solving quadratic equation in R > > Sorry it is important for me to constrain the value of 'a' between > c(0,1) > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Diviya Smith > <diviya.sm...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I would like to solve a simple equation in R > > > > a^2 - a = 8.313 > > > > There is no real solution to this problem but I would like to get an > > approximate numerical solution. Can someone suggest how I can set > this up? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Diviya > > >
What is your definition of approximate? For all values of a in the interval [0,1], a^2-a is less than or equal to 0. Or am I missing something? Dan Daniel J. Nordlund Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Planning, Performance, and Accountability Research and Data Analysis Division Olympia, WA 98504-5204 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
