[Tutor] Hi,

[bob gailer]

Kgotlelelo Legodi wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to write a program in python that solves a system of 
> nonlinear equations using newton's method. I don't know what I am 
> doing wrong. Please help

Mostly what you are "doing wrong" is failing to tell us why you think 
there is a problem! What results are you expecting and what are you getting?

>  
> from scipy import*
>  
> x = array([0.0,0.0,0.0])
> n=len(x)
> tol= 0.00001
> N=30
>  
> k=1
> while k <= N:
>     def f(x):
>         f= zeros((len(x)),float)
>         f[0][k]= x[0][k]**2 + x[1][k]-37
>         f[1][k]=x[0][k]- x[1][k]**2- 5
>         f[2][k]= x[0][k] + x[1][k]+ x[2][k]- 3
>         return f[k]
>         def J(x):
>             J= zeros((n,n),float)
>             for i in range(n):
>                 ei=zeros(n,float)
>                 ei[i]=1.0
>                 J[:i]=(f(x[k]+tol*ei)-f(x[k]))/tol
>                 return J
>  
>         y[k] = -(J.I)*f[k]
>         x[k+1]=x[k]+y[k]
>  
> if sqrt(dot(f0,f0)/len(x)) < tol: print x
> else:
>     k=k+1
>  
> print 'Too many iterations'
>
>


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