On May 31, 2014, at 4:24 PM, David Winsemius wrote:
>
> On May 31, 2014, at 3:17 PM, Yuriy Strilets wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>>
>>
>> I would appreciate if someone could give any hint/ provide a solution if
>> it's possible in R to create such a function where many similar
>> mathematical expressions organized in a given way.
>>
>> For example, to create a function: f(x)=(...(((x^x)^x)^x)...^x)^x (x is
>> encountered n times). Or another example:
>> g(x)=sin(x)*sin(x^2)*sin(x^3)*...*sin(x^n).
>
> You should look at:
>
> ?funprog
>
Despite the help page having an upper left-hand corner title of "funprog", one
actually needs to use one of :
?Reduce
?Map
?Negate
?Filter
>
> There are several example of repeated applications of a functional argument.
> Also composition of list of functions.
>
> One instance:
>
> Iterate <- function(f, n = 1)
> function(x) Reduce(Funcall, rep.int(list(f), n), x, right = TRUE)
>
> Iterate(function(x) x^1.1, 30)(1.01)
>
> --
> David
>>
>>
>> When we are interested in a computation of any specific value of that
>> function given a particular value of x, there is no any issue, and
>> corresponding function value is computed in a straightforward way. For
>> example of f(x) defined above:
>>
>> f<-function(x, n) {
>>
>> p<-x
>>
>> for (i in 1:n) {
>>
>> p<-p^x
>>
>> }
>>
>> print(p)
>>
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> The issue is when we want to use a function "in general" with no particular
>> x given.
>>
>>
>> The whole question can be converted to a very short question (solution for
>> which one is assumed to be a solution for primary question):
>>
>> - to integrate a function f(x)=(...(((x^x)^x)^x)...^x)^x (x is encountered
>> n times) on the interval (0,1).
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot in advance for any ideas.
>>
>> I really believe that this doable with R syntax.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Yuriy
>>
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>
> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
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