Finding the number of values about nonlinear equations.

I want to find the number of values about nonlinear equations.

I try to use 'fzero' but it could be calculated in only one value.

If there's a way to solve this problem, please let me know.

Thank you

Attached is the code below.

clear all

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Declaration of variables%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Tn=800;

R=8.3146261815324;

H_1=11326.16;
Tm_1=1234.95;
H_2=13423;
Tm_2=1356.35;

as_1=34532;
bs_1=-9.178;
as_2=-5996;
bs_2=1.725;

syms dG_1 dG_2 T x  dG_ex_l dG_ex_s dG_l(x,T) dG_s(x,T) x_ x_0 x_1 x_2 

dG_1=H_1*((Tm_1-T)./Tm_1);
dG_2=H_2*((Tm_2-T)./Tm_2);

dG_ex_s=(1-x)*x*(as_1+bs_1*T)+(1-x)*x*(as_2+bs_2*T)*(1-2*x);
dG_s=-(1-x)*dG_1+R*T*((1-x)*log(1-x)+x*log(x))+dG_ex_s;
dG_s_const_T=subs(dG_s,[x, T], [x_, Tn]);
%fplot(dG_s_const_T,[0 1])


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Declaration of variables%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%



Diff_dG_s_f1 = diff(dG_s_const_T,x_);   %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% nonlinear equatiion %%%%%%%%%%%%%%

fplot(Diff_dG_s_f1,[0 1])

f=matlabFunction(Diff_dG_s_f1);
 
%[val1,val2,val3] = vpasolve(Diff_dG_s_f1,[0 1])

x_0= fzero(f,[0.00000000000001 0.99999999999999]);

Answer 1

[John D'Errico]

You need to understand it is IMPOSSIBLE to know the number of solutions to a general nonlinear equation, or system of them.

In this case, in the interval of interest, there appear to be 3 real roots. But singe the problem is nonlinear, fzero cannot find them all. See my first comment. Accept it as truth, and know that since fzero can only interrogate the function at a finite number of points, it cannot know how to find all roots in that interval.

A simple solution is to evaluate the cuntion at a finite set of points yourself. So if we have:

f=matlabFunction(Diff_dG_s_f1);
x = linspace(0.00000000000001,0.99999999999999,1000);

fx = f(x);
find(diff(sign(fx)))
ans =
    20   698   981    

So there are 3 spots identified where the function changes sign on that sampling.

idx = find(diff(sign(fx)))
idx =
    20   698   981

and now we can find the three roots using fzero.

fzero(f,[x(idx(1)),x(idx(1) + 1)])
ans =
    0.0196
fzero(f,[x(idx(2)),x(idx(2) + 1)])
ans =
    0.6985
fzero(f,[x(idx(3)),x(idx(3) + 1)])
ans =
    0.9811

[지홍 윤]

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